Trial at Fortitude Bay

Name: Trial at Fortitude Bay
Director: Vic Sarin
Genre: TV Movie, Drama
Released: 1994-01-01
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Lolita Davidovich, Henry Czerny, Raoul Max Trujillo, Marcel Sabourin, Robert Ito

Directed by Vic Sarin

TV Movie

Drama

19941h 36m

Overview

Defence attorney Gina Antonelli is sent to an Arctic village to defend 19 year-old Pauloosie, accused of committing a violent crime. Her rival, prosecutor Daniel Metz seeks the maximum sentence possible under Canadian law, but Gina comes to understand the reasons why the Inuits own justice system has worked for thousands of years. Pauloosie is caught between two rivaling justice systems, and his acceptance of guilt according to the Inuit system, will lead to imprisonment according to the Canadian system.