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Sign In Not a Subscriber?Join NowFilmmaker Bill Morrison's haunting new documentary— Dawson City: Frozen Time, which will have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival this month—explores the chance discovery of a cache of century-old silent films in a once booming Canadian gold-rush town.
October 2016 Mary Alice MillerFilmmaker Bill Morrison's haunting new documentary— Dawson City: Frozen Time, which will have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival this month—explores the chance discovery of a cache of century-old silent films in a once booming Canadian gold-rush town.
October 2016 Mary Alice MillerFilmmaker Bill Morrison's haunting new documentary— Dawson City: Frozen Time, which will have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival this month—explores the chance discovery of a cache of century-old silent films in a once booming Canadian gold-rush town. Why Dawson City? Deep in the Yukon, it was the end of the line for movie distribution. The reels had been stored for safety in an empty swimming pool, which was covered over and forgotten. Then one day, along came a bulldozer. For Lawrence Weschler's account of the story behind the story, go to VF.com.
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