The Donner Party

Survival lies within

A grim historical drama about desperate survival and moral collapse in the face of impossible circumstances, grounded in the real tragedy of the Donner Party.

Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.