
Dead of Winter: The Donner Party 2015
"How far would you go to keep your family safe?"
Overview
What starts out as a voyage to the West in pursuit of the American Dream quickly turns deadly for the Donner party after a series of bad decisions and severe weather. Trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, this group of nearly 80 settlers fell prey to sub-zero temperatures, torrential rainfalls, extreme heat, and ten-foot snow drifts. Punishing storms trapped the party with nearly no food or shelter for 5 months in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Many died, some succumbed to cannibalism to survive
Director: Doug Glover
Cast

Powers Boothe
Narrator

Darby Hinton
George Donner

Kim Lankford
Tamsen Donner

Darrin Miller
James Reed

Libby Baker
Margaret Reed
Danielle Shumard
Virginia Reed

David White
William Eddy

Kit Leonard Dennis
Patrick Breen

Bear Fuerst
Lewis Keseberg

Greg Webb
William Foster