The Donner Party (2009)

Directed by

Terrence Martin

Genre

drama film, independent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of 1840s settlers traveling west to California get trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. As food runs out, some of them resort to eating the dead to survive.

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What happens

The Donner Party is a 2009 American period Western drama film written and directed by Terrence Martin (credited as T.J. Martin), and starring Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Michele Santopietro, Mark Boone Junior, and Christian Kane. It is based on the true story of the Donner Party, an 1840s westward traveling group of settlers headed for California. Becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with food increasingly scarce, a small group calling themselves "The Forlorn Hope" turned to cannibalism. The Forlorn was the working title for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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