Passage

Synopsis

With a unique blend of dramatic action and behind-the-scenes documentary footage, filmmaker John Walker shares the multi-layered story of British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men, who perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage, and John Rae, the Scottish doctor who in 1851, discovered their dismal fate. Rae's dark report, which described the crew’s madness and cannibalism, did not sit well with Sir John's widow, Lady Franklin, nor with many others in British society, including Charles Dickens. They waged a bitter public campaign to discredit Rae's version of events and mark an entire nation of northern Inuit with the label of murderous cannibals. A stunning face-to-face meeting between the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens and Tagak Curley, an honoured Inuit statesman who challenges the fraudulent history, vaults the story from the past into the present and we are witness to history in the making.

Main Cast

Rick Roberts

John Rae

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%

Geraldine Alexander

Lady Jane Franklin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

David Acton

Sir James Clark Ross

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Andrew Alston

Sir William Edward Perry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Nigel Bennett

Sir James Graham

Age : 74 | Popularity : 12%

Alistair Findlay

Sir John Richardson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Colin George

Sir Francis Beaufort

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Patrick Godfrey

Sir John Barrow

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Andrew Rai Berzins John Walker
Directing	Director	John Walker
Department	Role	Name

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