The Art of Adventure

Dir: Alison Reid, Canada, 2025, Travel Adventure Documentary.
Robert Bateman, Bristol Foster, David Suzuki, Wade Davis.
“This exceptional documentary, with original 1957 restored footage, captures the essence of mid-century exploration in its purest form. Two men, one outfitted range rover, and a lust for adventure through untamed landscapes offer a rare glimpse into a world before greed and chaos upset everything. It’s a film that doesn’t just show you some wild places, it invites you to feel it. The men in question are renowned Canadian wildlife artist and naturalist, Robert Bateman, and Bristol Foster, a prominent biologist… These men traveled to Africa at a time when it was very unusual to see foreign people… And they took chances off the beaten path. Young and fearless, but extremely smart and capable…The Range Rover (aka the ‘Grizzly Torque’) ran 30,000 kilometres across Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia…. Bateman sketched animals and people along the way and painted a mural of every place they visited along the Grizzly Torque… Through in-depth interviews with friends and family and the original 16mm film footage of their incredible journey, Reid shows how the trip expanded the pair’s knowledge of the physical world while deepening their spiritual and emotional connection to it. A heartwarming, inspirational love letter to the adventure of life itself.” – Debbie King, The Girl Who Would Be King

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 90 min

Rating: PG