Dawson City: Frozen Time

Dawson City: Frozen Time

6.8IMDb Score
Released:2017-06-09
Duration:120 min
Director:Bill Morrison
Actors:Kathy Jones-Gates, Michael Gates, Sam Kula, Bill O'Farrell, Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo
Production:Museum of Modern Art, Hypnotic Pictures

Overview:

The true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a sub-arctic swimming pool deep in the Yukon Territory, in Dawson City, located about 350 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

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