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Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)

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Documentary History

7.6 / 10

Dawson City: Frozen Time, pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s - 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. Using these permafrost protected, rare silent films and newsreels, archival footage, interviews and historical photographs to tell the story, and accompanied by an enigmatic score by Sigur Rós collaborator and composer Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic), Dawson City: Frozen Time depicts a unique history of a Canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and salvation - and through that collection, how a First Nation hunting camp was transformed and displaced.

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Mark McLawhorn
Saw this on TCM. Blown. Away. - @Wednesday, September 26, 2018 1:32 AM

William Sparks
I saw 'Dawson City' on TCM two nights ago and will obtain the DVD ASAP - brilliant and moving. The narrator and speakers don't comprehend the meaning of the images. The nitrates films speak for itself to tell us about a world we nearly lost - incredible. Don't focus on the town or the 'narrative', interesting as they are, just more about the lost film images, we see before us our world of a century ago. - @Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:55 PM

anthony piazza
It's such a shame that, back then, they didn't realize the importance these films would have had in years to come - @Monday, September 10, 2018 6:27 PM

Injun Mick
Just watched this on TCM, wonderful...... - @Monday, September 10, 2018 2:02 AM

Righteous Isthelord
This movie was truly haunting. The music made it so powerful. Triggers endless thoughts of mortality, loss... Quite profound. The people in these movies were one lucky dig away from being lost forever. I honestly did not realize this was also a silent movie. - @Wednesday, June 13, 2018 1:28 AM

Righteous Isthelord
Why is it so hard to find this movie? Netflix, no. My Comcast cable, no. It is not fair to consumers or the people who made this. - @Sunday, May 27, 2018 6:14 PM

Jennifer Smith
Check it out at the Milton Film Festival, Jan 27th at 8:30 PM in Milton, Ontario http://www.miltonfilmfest.com/portfolio/dawson-city-frozen-time/ - @Saturday, January 13, 2018 10:00 PM

Ryan Seymour
This was an amazing film. Felt I was taken along on a journey through all the highs and lows that life has. Soundtrack blended into the film flawlessly. - @Wednesday, January 10, 2018 1:35 AM

Fabiana Ferreira
How can we watch it here in Brazil? - @Wednesday, January 3, 2018 11:55 AM

Sean Houlker
I wonder if there’s any footage showing white ppl killing the aborigine? - @Tuesday, December 26, 2017 7:38 PM

kate moylan
I lived there ! And yes, it is all true! I wrote a paper in college about Dawson. - @Thursday, December 21, 2017 1:10 PM

7 86
i wanna watch this movie with someone special - @Tuesday, November 28, 2017 10:47 AM

Herb Bennett
Be like watching Directv during a storm when the picture pixilates. I’d get dizzy watching this. - @Tuesday, November 21, 2017 3:44 PM

gpholtz
Fantastic: Art + History!!!! - @Sunday, August 27, 2017 5:15 PM

E.T.
not for the epileptic - @Thursday, August 17, 2017 5:53 PM

Ashley Ashbee
I can't get this trailer out of my head. What a haunting score. Can't wait to see this. What a discovery. - @Monday, July 17, 2017 7:39 AM

Pierre Chapotot
Jónsi and Alex <3 - @Tuesday, June 20, 2017 1:31 PM

Araxie Rose
I WANT TO GO TO THERE - @Wednesday, June 7, 2017 10:27 PM

42ndStreetMatthew
I will definitely be seeing this. - @Sunday, June 4, 2017 4:11 AM

Sheri Mignano
When's it coming to the San Francisco Bay Area? - @Saturday, June 3, 2017 2:54 AM

Emily Purcell
This is amazing. Is there a list of the films found! - @Friday, June 2, 2017 1:34 PM

Gutgulper
indeed... - @Friday, June 2, 2017 10:40 AM

Bonnie Robinson
Hmm. - @Friday, June 2, 2017 10:33 AM

kevsonian banks
yep - @Friday, June 2, 2017 3:05 AM

Local
Ok. - @Thursday, June 1, 2017 11:30 PM

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