Documentary · Canada · 2018 · 15m

Optimism

Director

Deborah Stratman

Cast

John Steins as Steven Badgett as Charles Stankievech as Simon Mason-Wood as Lance Blomgren as Eldo Enns as

Crew

Deborah Stratman — Director of Photography Deborah Stratman — Editor Deborah Stratman — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

woman director short film

Key Collaborators

Deborah Stratman Director Deborah Stratman Director of Photography Deborah Stratman Editor Deborah Stratman Writer

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