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[NecrosaroIII]

Heard the Donner Party get mentioned in a video today and decided to read up on it on Wikipedia. I was surprised to see it's actually a pretty amazing story. I'm surprised there hasn't been a good movie.

Everyone always plays up the cannibalism aspect, which is definitely an important part of the story. But even with it, it's incredibly compelling. It's got everything you'd want. Interpersonal drama, intrigue, disaster horror, inter-family politics, all against a backdrop that could be stunning with a good cinematographer like Emmanuel Lubezki. Frame it around the Reed family, and you have nature protagonists.

This is an iconic wilderness story, and it's just a shame there is only really there hasn't been a good movie version. It's almost two hundred years since it happened. Surely there are good books on the matter

 

[Porcile]

There is a great PBS documentary. Check that out. Also there are the actual diary entries from people in the group.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

There is a great PBS documentary. Check that out. Also there are the actual diary entries from people in the group.

What's the name of that documentary

 

[Porcile]

What's the name of that documentary

It's just called The Donner Party. Made in 1992 by Ric Burns.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0104124/

 

[Jorav]

Just bought The Indifferent Stars Above physical book, but it is also avalible as an audiobook. There's also some good podcasts covering the topic. I listened to both the Last Podcast on the Left and the Dollop episodes covering it. I think its a fantastic bit of history and demonstrates the true grit of humans when facing death.

There's also a 2009 movie but i can't find it anywhere to watch in Aus.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Not a book but Cannibal! The Musical is pretty good. It's on YT for free.

 

[Badlucktroll]

They should make a TV mini series of it, like Hatfields and McCoys

 

[poppabk]

It's pretty interesting, I read about it while getting pissed off with that 1883 TV series and realizing that the Donner party had a better survival rate than the people in that show.

 

[Azurro]

Yup, this kind of party is great.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

It's pretty interesting, I read about it while getting pissed off with that 1883 TV series and realizing that the Donner party had a better survival rate than the people in that show.

Yeah, about half the party made it. I always throught they all wiped out.

 

[TheMan]

last podcast on the left did a great series on these guys a few years ago

cheggit out

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I read this 10 years ago: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SKB7I6/?tag=neogaf0e-20

It was ai-aight. I don't remember a whole lot of it aside from reading part of it on the plane flying by the Sierra Nevada and trying to pick out the exact geography out the window.