Optimism
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 cliff-side mirrored disc congregate to form a town portrait. Shot on location in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.
- Year: 2018
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Pythagoras Film
- Keyword: woman director, short film
- Director: Deborah Stratman
- Cast: John Steins, Steven Badgett, Charles Stankievech, Simon Mason-Wood, Lance Blomgren, Eldo Enns