The White Dawn is a Canadian film, released in 1974, and directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, and Louis Gossett, Jr. It portrays the conflict between aboriginal peoples' traditional way of life and Europeans' eagerness to take advantage of them. The film employs authentic Inuit dialect, which adds to the overall realism of the film. It is based on the 1971 novel, The White Dawn: An Eskimo Saga, by James Archibald Houston, who co-wrote the screenplay. When three whalers become stranded in Northern Canada’s Arctic in 1896, they are rescued by Eskimos. In the... beginning, the Eskimos accept the strangers' European ways, but as this increasingly influences and affects their customs, things slowly fall apart and cultural tension grows until the climax.
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| Release date: | 1974 |
| Directed by: | Philip Kaufman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | Martin Ransohoff |
| Editor: | Douglas Stewart, Douglas Stewart |
| Music by: | Henry Mancini |
| Cinematography: | Michael Chapman |
| Adapted from: | The White Dawn: An Eskimo Saga |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action |