The Search for Michael Rockefeller
The Search for Michael Rockefeller

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The Search for Michael Rockefeller

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A missing scion, a lost film, a dark secret.

4.1(7 votes)
2011
1h 30m
Documentary

Overview

The disappearance of Michael Rockefeller is one of the enduring unsolved mysteries of the 20th Century. In 1961, Michael Rockefeller left on a voyage down the cannibal coast of New Guinea in a trading canoe. Several miles off shore, heavy seas swamped his craft. After a night adrift, Rockefeller set out to swim for the distant shore, leaving his companion with the fateful words: "I think I can make it..." He was never seen again. Or was he?