Nahanni: River of Forgiveness

Nahanni: River of Forgiveness is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Geoff Bowie and released in 2019.[1] The film centres on a 2018 project by twelve Dene people from the Northwest Territories to recreate a traditional expedition on the Nahanni River in a mooseskin canoe.[2]

Nahanni: River of Forgiveness
Directed byGeoff Bowie
Written byGeoff Bowie
Herb Norwegian
Produced byMichael Allder
Geoff Bowie
Gordon Henderson
Rita Kotzia
CinematographyDanny Patterson
Kiarash Sadigh
Edited byPetra Valier
Music byDiga
Carlos Lopes
Production
companies
90th Parallel Film and Television Productions
Elan Productions
Distributed byFilmoption
Release date
  • November 2019 (2019-11) (YIFF)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2019 Yellowknife International Film Festival, before being broadcast on the Documentary Channel in 2020.[3]

Kiarash Sadigh received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]

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