This is an archived event from Culture Days 2019.
Images
Screening of "On the Trail of the Far Fur Country"
Film & video History & heritage Indigenous Intercultural Museum
Date and time
Location
Heritage Village
Fort McMurray, AB
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Synopsis: In 1919, a film crew set out on an epic journey across Canada's North. Over the course of six months, their expedition traveled by icebreaker, canoe, and dog sled, capturing the Canadian fur trade in a silent feature documentary. Rediscovering the documentary in a British archive, another film crew begins a journey to bring this lost film back to life, taking it to the northern communities where the film was originally shot. As people watch the footage from 1919, something special happens. Images come to life; people recognize their family members, their landscapes, and their lost traditions.
Links
- Read more fortmcmurrayheritage.com
Organizer
Heritage Society of Wood Buffalo
The Fort McMurray Heritage Society is a not-for-profit organization that proudly supports Heritage Village and Heritage Shipyard.
Through the work and dedication of the organization, generations of families will celebrate, discover, learn, and play at Heritage Village and Heritage Shipyards, and here, find a part of themselves in the stories of those who came before them.