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Optimism

6.4201815mMovieDocumentary

The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find gold in alluvial gravel is part of a long history of desire and extraction in the far Canadian north. Cancan dancers, curlers, smelters, former city officials, and a curious…

DirectorDeborah Stratman
WriterDeborah Stratman

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DocAlliance FilmsDocAlliance Films
Availability shown for United States · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Deborah Stratman

JS
John Steins
SB
Steven Badgett
CS
Charles Stankievech
SM
Simon Mason-Wood
LB
Lance Blomgren
EE
Eldo Enns

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