Period drama based on the true story of MINIK, an indigenous Greenland Inuk who in the early 1900’s became known as the “New York Eskimo” after the brash Arctic explorer Robert Peary, self-proclaimed “discoverer of the North Pole”, transported a group of Inuit, together with the massive meteorite that served as the sacred embodiment of their creation myth, to New York to put on display at the Museum of Natural History. Minik, the youngest of the group, was the only one who lived to tell the tale.
THE NORTH REMEMBERS
Genre and IP: Historical fiction told at intimate scale with elements of magical realism; original screenplay
Writer: Robin Wang IMDB LINK
Director: Robin Wang
Producers: Ellen Eliasoph IMDB LINK
IP Holder: Robin Wang original spec screenplay
Production Companies: Starry Dome and Canadian and European partners TBD
Budget: Estimated @ US$ 8-10 million net of offsets and rebates
Production Locations: Canada and Scandinavia (specific territory TBD)
Project Status: Screenplay completed
Additional Materials: Creative Presentation