Trial at Fortitude Bay
Trial at Fortitude Bay
Release: 1994-01-01
·Runtime: 96m
TV Movie
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Atlantis Films
Credo Entertainment Group
imX Communications
Cast
Marcel Sabourin
as Judge Jean Lamberts
Paula Kaye
as Video Woman (as Paula Kozakewich)
Barbara Gordon
as Josephine Kant
Robert Ito
as Methusala
Natar Ungalaaq
as Tommy
David Lawrence Brown
as Cpl. Anderchuk (as David Brown)
Lolita Davidovich
as Gina Antonelli
Henry Czerny
as Daniel Metz
Raoul Max Trujillo
as Simon Amituq
