Optimism

Documentary · 2018

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.

Starring

Charlie Chaplin, John Steins, Deborah Stratman, Deborah Stratman, Steven Badgett, Deborah Stratman, Charles Stankievech, Deborah Stratman, Simon Mason-Wood

Director

Deborah Stratman