Optimism

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.

Director: Deborah Stratman

Cast: John Steins, Steven Badgett, Charles Stankievech, Simon Mason-Wood, Lance Blomgren, Eldo Enns

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.