A Discovery Of StrangersWatch A Discovery of Strangers Promo A feature film adapted from the prize-winning novel and based on the real events of 1820, A Discovery of Strangers is the passionate love story of Greenstockings, sixteen-year-old daughter of Keskarrah, the Dene Elder, and young Robert Hood, artist, midshipman and Franklin's protégé. Without words, the young lovers' hearts are torn as their worlds collide. It is also the adventure of famous British explorer, Sir John Franklin and his men, on their first Arctic expedition. Comprised of eighteen Voyageurs and a small group of British officers in three birch bark canoes, they search for a route to the icy Polar Sea when they encounter the Dene Indians. Weather forces them to winter with the Dene and ultimately to discover one another. A first contact story, A Discovery of Strangers is a tale of trust and innocence, greed and honour set in the mystical and terrifying primal Arctic wilderness. It follows the thousand-mile trek of these courageous explorers, who like modern day astronauts, risk their lives to discover the unknown but when the exploration fails, it is the Dene upon whom Franklin and his men rely for their very survival. Film References: Dances With Wolves, Shackleton, The English Patient, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner CreditsNovel Screenwriter/Director Reaction To The Novel*Winner of the Governor General’s Award "A work of extraordinary originality and beauty." "Utterly compelling…painfully beautiful…a triumph." StatusIn development with the assistance of Telefilm Canada, The Harold Greenberg Fund and Movie Central. |
