Passage (2008)


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1h 30min | Documentary, Drama, History | Oct 3, 2008 | Released

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.

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Patrick Godfrey

Sir John Barrow

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Rick Roberts

John Rae

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Geraldine Alexander

Lady Jane Franklin

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Nigel Bennett

Sir James Graham

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Simon Slater

Sir George Back

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Alistair Findlay

Sir John Richardson

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Guy Oliver-Watts

Charles Dickens

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Colin George

Sir Francis Beaufort

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David Acton

Sir James Clark Ross

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Andrew Alston

Sir William Edward Perry

Profile Patrick Godfrey Sir John Barrow
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Profile Guy Oliver-Watts Charles Dickens
Profile Colin George Sir Francis Beaufort
Profile David Acton Sir James Clark Ross
Profile Andrew Alston Sir William Edward Perry

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