We thank the Bedouin of the southern Sinai for their hospitality and willingness to share their home.
Creative Team
Richard LeSueur
Writer, Producer, Host
For more than 30 years Richard has facilitated immersive excursions into the silence and soulfulness of the deserts in the Middle East. As a former Director of the Desert Program with St. George’s College, Jerusalem, Sand and Soul is the culmination of a long span of lived experience spent in remote places and reflecting on the healing nature of wilderness.
Michael Klekamp
Director of Photography, Editor and Sound Design | AB Camera Operator Inc.
Michael is a freelance camera operator, editor and producer with two decades of experience. He excels in a wide variety of production settings, from filming in Africa, or anchored to a frozen waterfall, to delivering broadcast documentaries for TV. He is adaptive, hard working with excellent technical skills and captures the best moments.He’s someone you want to meet, and very likely will want to work with.
Rhonde LeSueur
Production Advisor and Creative Assistant
With more than 30 years experience in the deserts of the Middle East, Rhonde consulted on every aspect of Sand and Soul. As a former university instructor in Social Work, her insights and sensitivities to the human journey were invaluable to the outcomes of this film. Deep gratitude is given for her many contributions throughout.
Rabia Gad
Sinai Location Guide and Outfitter | Abanoub Travel, Cairo
Rabia is a prominent Egyptian tourism manager, photographer, and travel operator deeply tied to eco-tourism and cultural expeditions in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Known for advocacy work in South Sinai, Rabia actively advocates for the protection of South Sinai's natural environment. He works closely with local Bedouin to promote sustainable desert safaris, eco-tourism, and cultural protection.
Colin Rowe
Location Photography | Archimedia
Colin has photographed on location across Canada and around the world on various assignments for editorial and commercial purposes, in Asia, Oceania, Europe, Africa for clients such as, Time, People, Fortune, Canadian Geographic, etc. He founded Archimedia in 2006, a full services company which has worked with multiple government, institutional and private companies in creating multi-tiered metadata models and implementing them into hosted Digital Asset Management solutions.
In loving memory of Herbert O’Driscoll
Jayne Postuk
With Support From
Colin Rowe
Patrick McCloskey
Global Relations, Anglican Church of Canada
St. George’s College, Jerusalem
Dean Richard Sewell
Special Thanks To
Dr. Andrea Mann
ArtsPlace, Canmore, Alberta
Adobe, Shutterstock, Artlist
Stock Footage
Artlist
Music
Teilhard de Chardin
Quotations
Sir Laurens van der Post
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Herbert O’Driscoll
Pope Francis
Bible quotations from NRSV
