The Donner Party

Name: The Donner Party
Director: Terrence Martin
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: 2009-10-23
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 4.7
Cast: Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Michele Santopietro, Mark Boone Junior, Christian Kane

“Survival lies within”

2009

1h 35m

Drama Western

Director: Terrence Martin

Writer: Terrence Martin

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Overview

Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.