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Passage

Documents the story of Sir John Franklin's search for the Northwest Passage.

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  • "Documents the story of Sir John Franklin's search for the Northwest Passage."@en
  • "It was news that shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men had perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they had descended into madness and cannibalism. The report came in 1851, from John Rae, a Scottish doctor working for the Hudson's Bay Company. Travelling thousands of miles on foot and in small craft, Rae had done what six years of searching by the British, Americans, French and Russians had failed to do - discover the fate of Franklin and unlock the final link in the Passage - a 300-year-old dream. But Rae's horrific news 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 that would discredit Rae's version of events, banish him to the margins of history and mark an entire nation of northern Inuit with the horrifying label of murderous cannibals. With Passage, filmmaker John Walker employs an innovative approach to structuring the incredible multilayered story of John Rae and brings it to vibrant life. Using a unique blend of dramatic action, and behind-the-scenes documentary footage, Walker pulls back the curtain on his own research into Rae's life and that of his actors, as they determine how to portray the characters and scenes in the film. The line between real and dramatic begins to blur as we move closer and closer to the film's climax, a stunning face-to-face meeting between Charles Dickens's great-great grandson and Tagak Curley, an honoured Inuit statesman who challenges the fraudulent history. In one moment, Walker vaults the story from the past into the present and we are witness to history in the making. Set in the actual locations of Rae's journey, from his boyhood home in the remote Orkney Islands off Scotland's north coast to the epic landscape of his Arctic expeditions to the boardroom of the British Royal Navy - the centre of power of the British Empire, Passage is a story of incredible sacrifice, stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession. It challenges the way we look at history."@en
  • "The report of deceased Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew succumbing to madness and cannibalism was brought back to England by Scottish doctor John Rae. Unable to accept this horrific news, Franklin's widow and author Charles Dickens waged a bitter campaign successfully discrediting Rae and marking the Inuit people with the label of murderous cannibals."@en
  • "La nouvelle secoua les anglophones du monde entier : L'explorateur britannique Sir John Franklin et son équipage avaient péri dans les glaces de l'Arctique en tentant de trouver le passage du Nord-Ouest. Et le plus choquant : ils avaient sombré dans la démence et s'étaient adonnés au cannibalisme. L'auteur du rapport était John Rae, un médecin écossais à l'emploi de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. Mais l'horrible nouvelle apportée par Rae déplut fortement à Lady Franklin, la veuve de l'explorateur, ainsi qu'à Charles Dickens. Par conséquent, ils menèrent une campagne qui discrédita la version de Rae, et donna des Inuits l'image funeste d'une nation de cannibales sanguinaires."
  • ""It was news that shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men had perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they had descended into madness and cannibalism. The report came in 1851, from John Rae, a Scottish doctor working for the Hudson's Bay Company. ... Set in the actual locations of Rae's journey, from his boyhood home in the remote Orkney Islands off Scotland's north coast, to the epic landscape of his Arctic expeditions, to the boardroom of the British Royal Navy-- the center of power of the British Empire-- Passage is a story of incredible sacrifice, stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession"--Container. The film uses both dramatic action and documentary footage."@en
  • "In 1845, celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin, along with his crew of 128 men, set sail from England in search of a fabled passage west. None of them were ever seen again. A search party found no evidence of any crew or wreckage. The mystery was eventually solved by John Rae, and they were so horrific that a public campaign was begun to discredit Rae."
  • "In 1845, celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin, along with his crew of 128 men, set sail from England in search of a fabled passage west. None of them were ever seen again. A search party found no evidence of any crew or wreckage. The mystery was eventually solved by John Rae, and they were so horrific that a public campaign was begun to discredit Rae."@en
  • ""It was news that shook the English-speaking world: celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men had perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they had descended into madness and cannibalism. The report came in 1851, from John Rae, a Scottish doctor working for the Hudson's Bay Company. Travelling thousands of miles on foot and in small craft, Rae had done what six years of searching by the British, Americans, French and Russian had failed to do: discover the fate of Franklin ... Set in the actual locations of Rae's journey, from his boyhood home in the remote Orkney Islands off Scotland's north coast, to the epic landscape of his Arctic expeditions, to the boardroom of the British Royal Navy-- the center of power of the British Empire-- Passage is a story of incredible sacrifice, stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession"--Original container."
  • "It was news that shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men had perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they had descended into madness and cannibalism. The report came in 1851, from John Rae, a Scottish doctor working for the Hudson's Bay Company. Travelling thousands of miles on foot and in small craft, Rae had done what six years of searching by the British, Americans, French and Russians had failed to do - discover the fate of Franklin and unlock the final link in the Passage - a 300-year-old dream. But Rae's horrific news 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 that would discredit Rae's version of events, banish him to the margins of history and mark an entire nation of northern Inuit with the horrifying label of murderous cannibals. With Passage, filmmaker John Walker employs an innovative approach to structuring the incredible multilayered story of John Rae and brings it to vibrant life. Using a unique blend of dramatic action, and behind-the-scenes documentary footage, Walker pulls back the curtain on his own research into Rae's life and that of his actors, as they determine how to portray the characters and scenes in the film. The line between real and dramatic begins to blur as we move closer and closer to the film's cilimax, a stunning face-to-face meeting between Charles Dickens's great-great grandson and Tagak Curley, an honoured Inuit statesman who challenges the fraudulent history. In one moment, Walker vaults the story from the past into the present and we are witness to history in the making. Set in the actual locations of Rae's journey, from his boyhood home in the remote Orkney Islands off Scotland's north coast to the epic landscape of his Arctic expeditions to the boardroom of the British Royal Navy - the centre of power of the British Empire, Passage is a story of incredible sacrifice, stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession. It challenges the way we look at history."
  • "Indiqué sur la jaquette : La nouvelle secoua les anglophones du monde entier : l'explorateur britannique Sir John Franklin et son équipage avaient péri dans les glaces de l'Arctique en tentant de trouver le passage du Nord-Ouest. Et le plus choquant : ils avaient sombré dans la démence et s'étaient adonnés au cannibalisme. L'auteur du rapport était John Rae, un médecin écossais à l'emploi de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. Mais l'horrible nouvelle apportée par Rae déplut fortement à Lady Franklin, la veuve de l'explorateur, ainsi qu'à Charles Dickens. Par conséquent, ils menèrent une campagne qui discrédita la version de Rae, et donna des Inuits l'image funeste d'une nation de cannibales sanguinaires."
  • "La nouvelle secoua les anglophones du monde entier : Lexplorateur britannique Sir John Franklin et son équipage avaient péri dans les glaces de lArctique en tentant de trouver le passage du Nord-Ouest. Et le plus choquant: ils avaient sombré dans la démence et s'étaient adonnés au cannibalisme. L'auteur du rapport était John Rae, un médecin écossais à l'emploi de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. Mais l'horrible nouvelle apportée par Rae déplut fortement à Lady Franklin, la veuve de l'explorateur, ainsi qu'à Charles Dickens. Par conséquent, ils menèrent une campagne qui discrédita la version de Rae, et donna des Inuits l'image funeste d'une nation de cannibales sanguinaires. Passage fait le récit d'un incroyable sacrifice, d'une étonnante mystification et d'une inaltérable obsession. Le film remet en question notre façon de voir l'histoire."

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