The Hand of Franklin (2015)

Directed by

Frank Wolf

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of four people tries to row a boat through the Northwest Passage. They want to draw attention to how climate change is affecting the Arctic.

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What happens

The Hand of Franklin is a 2015 Canadian documentary film by Frank Wolf that follows a four-person team attempting to row the Northwest Passage in order to shed light on climate change in the Arctic. The film won the award for 'Best Documentary Feature' at the 2016 Ramunas Atelier International Film Awards, won for 'Best Canadian Film' at the 2015 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) and won the 'Adventure Award' at the 2016 San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival. It features music by Peirson Ross, The Cyrillic Typewriter, Sylvia Cloutier and Madeleine Allakariallak and airs in Canada on CBC's documentary channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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