Film

Trial at Fortitude Bay

1994 · 1h 36m · TV Movie · Drama

IMDb

6.1

Defence attorney Gina Antonelli is sent to an Arctic village to defend 19 year-old Pauloosie, accused of committing a violent crime. Her rival, prosecutor Daniel Metz seeks the maximum sentence possible under Canadian law, but Gina comes to understand the reasons why the Inuits own justice system has worked for thousands of years. Pauloosie is caught between two rivaling justice systems, and his acceptance of guilt according to the Inuit system, will lead to imprisonment according to the Canadian system.

Lolita Davidovich

Gina Antonelli

Henry Czerny

Daniel Metz

Raoul Max Trujillo

Simon Amituq

Marcel Sabourin

Judge Jean Lamberts

Robert Ito

Methusala

Natar Ungalaaq

Tommy

Paul Gordon

Pauloosie

David Lawrence Brown

Cpl. Anderchuk (as David Brown)

Rosalind Machmer

Nuna (as Rose Machmer)

Tanya Enook

Natsiq

Leetia Riddell

Susan Potsiulik

Paula Kaye

Video Woman (as Paula Kozakewich)

Nancy Jane Drake

Maggie Sawyer (as Nancy Drake)

Barbara Gordon

Josephine Kant

Joshua Kango

Bingo Announcer

Paula Kozakewich

Video Woman

• Vic SarinDirector · Director of Photography
• Keith Ross LeckieWriter
• Simon KendallOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama