Cold Journey
- Release Information
- May 6, 1976
- The Pas, Manitoba
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- Funding Sources
- Act/Policy
- Budget
- Distributors
- National Film Board
- National Film Board
Production Details
- Executive Producer
- Tom Daly
- Colin Low
- Colin Low
- George Pearson
- George Pearson
- George Pearson
- George Pearson
- Producer
- Martin Defalco
- Tom Daly
- Tom Daly
- Tom Daly
- Tom Daly
- Tom Daly
- Tom Daly
- Tom Daly
- Colin Low
- George Pearson
- George Pearson
- George Pearson
- George Pearson
- Director
- Martin Defalco
- Martin Defalco
- Tony Ianzelo
- Director of Photography
- Tony Ianzelo
- Tony Ianzelo
- Tony Ianzelo
- Director of Sound
- Hans Oomes
- Hans Oomes
- Hans Oomes
- Hans Oomes
- Hans Oomes
- Hans Oomes
- Hans Oomes
- Music
- Willie Dunn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Willie Dunn
- Cast
- Joseph P. Kennedy
- Joseph P. Kennedy
- Reg Gibson
- Gilbert Linklater
- Mary Linklater
- W.G. Bradley, Jr.
- Noel Starblanket
- Alphonse Dorion
- Chief Dan George
- Chief Dan George
- Chief Dan George
- Chief Dan George
- Buckley Petawabano
- Johnny Yesno
- Johnny Yesno
- Johnny Yesno
- Les Nirenberg
- Les Nirenberg
- Les Nirenberg
- Les Nirenberg
- Les Nirenberg
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Susan Petrie
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Guy L'Ecuyer
- Lilian Michelle
- Gordon Bear
- Morley Loon
- Doreen Hayes-Bingham
- Daphne Karol
- Sharon-Ann Ewens
- Jennifer Phipps
- Jennifer Phipps
- Cliff Gardner
- Paul Fredette
- Moses Bignell
- Denis Lacroix
- Denis Lacroix
- Denis Lacroix
- Denis Lacroix
- Denis Lacroix
- Denis Lacroix
- Billie Foley
- Billie Foley
- Willie Dunn
- Kirk McColl
- Kirk McColl
- Kirk McColl
- Kirk McColl
- Kirk McColl
- Kirk McColl
- Kirk McColl
- Joe Plante
- Willie Dunn
A feature drama about a young Canadian Indian's attempt to find a place for himself. It tells of the cultural shock of an educational system that teaches him to be a white man, and of his attempts to discover a way of life more meaningful to his Native culture and ancestry. It is a tragic story of unexpected pitfalls and disillusionment that are as cruel as the bitter wind that greets him on his cold and lonely journey. The film stars Buckley Petawabano, Johnny Yesno and Chief Dan George, and was shot on location with the people of Indian reserves and schools in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
Commentaries
- Cold Journey Commentary
What happens to a child who feels that all doors are closed to him? This is the central question of Cold Journey, a 1975 feature directed by Martin Defalco for the National Film Board (NFB). One of the first Canadian films to tell a story based on...