Big River Man

This is not your standard adventure film where the protagonist sets out to do something extraordinary against the worthy adversary of Mother Nature. Big River Man contains those elements, but there’s also an Apocalypse Now aspect. Martin Strel is the aptly named Big River Man with the operative word being “big”—in body, personality and appetite. His challenge is to swim the length of the Amazon River, to survive piranhas, crocs and bugaboo—the pollution and human waste that permeate the water. Director John Maringouin and his team capture the adventures—and misadventures—of Strel and a curious crew of characters he tows along for the ride—or, really, the swim.