''The Hand of Franklin'' is a 2015
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
documentary film by
Frank Wolf that follows a four-person team attempting to row the
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The eastern route along the Arct ...
in order to shed light on
climate change in the Arctic
Major environmental issues caused by contemporary climate change in the Arctic region range from the well-known, such as the loss of sea ice or melting of the Greenland ice sheet, to more obscure, but deeply significant issues, such as permafr ...
. 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
Madeleine Allakariallak (born Resolute, Nunavut) is a Canadian Inuit musician and television journalist. Formerly a member of the Inuit throat singing duo Tudjaat, from 2005 to 2007 she was also the host of the weekly newsmagazine series '' APTN ...
and airs in Canada on CBC's ''
documentary'' channel.
References
External links
Hand of Franklin on IMDBExpedition websiteOfficial Film Website
2015 films
2015 documentary films
Canadian documentary films
Documentary films about the Arctic
Documentary films about global warming
Documentary films about water transport
Environment of the Arctic
Climate change in Canada
Films directed by Frank Wolf
2010s Canadian films
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