The White Dawn

A True Story of an Artic Adventure.

In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Gradually they gain control with the Eskimo village and introduce gambling, booze, theft and their special variation of sex. In the beginning, the Eskimos accept it but slowly the cultural tension starts growing.

Direction

Philip Kaufman

Screenplay

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James Houston

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Thomas Rickman

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Martin Ransohoff