Passage (2008 film)

Passage is a 2008 documentary film partly based on the book Fatal Passage about Sir John Franklins lost expedition through the Northwest Passage. The film explores the fate of the doomed mission, including John Raes efforts to uncover the truth, and Lady Franklins campaign to defend her late husbands reputation. The film also features Inuit statesman Tagak Curley, who challenges claims made by Lady Franklin supported by her powerful friend, the story teller and famous author Charles Dickens, widely reported at the time, that Aboriginal people were responsible for the signs of cannibalism among the remains of the doomed crew.

It won two awards at the Atlantic Film Festival Best DirectorJohn Walker and Best CinematographyKent Nason and Nigel Markham. Passage also received the Grand Prize for Best Canadian Production at the Banff World Television Festival. Critical praise for the film included Martin Knelman of the Toronto Star, who called the film one of the great triumphs in Canadian documentary film history.

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