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The Donner Party

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Gender: Documentar

Director: Ric Burns

Date of release: 28 Oct 1992

Description

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny. Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.

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Runtime 90 minute
Language English
Themes history reenactment
Actors Amy Madigan J.D. Cannon Timothy Hutton Gene Jones

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