Short / Documentary
USA / Canada,
2018, 15 min
Directed by:
Deborah StratmanScreenplay:
Deborah StratmanCinematography:
Deborah StratmanPlots(1)
The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find gold in alluvial gravel is part of a long history of desire and extraction in the far Canadian north. Cancan dancers, curlers, smelters, former city officials, and a curious cliff-side mirrored disc congregate to form a town portrait. Shot on location in Dawson City, Yukon Territory. (Berlinale)
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