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The Donner Party

Name: The Donner Party
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1992-10-28
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 8.2

1992 · 1h 30m · Documentary, History

IMDb 8.2

Watch this tonight if you're in the mood for a genuinely gripping historical deep-dive—the 8.2 IMDb score reflects a documentary that goes way beyond the survival story basics to dissect what the Donner Party tragedy reveals about American ambition itself. It's heavy but utterly compelling, not the kind of thing you'll regret staying up for.

Plot

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.

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