The Donner Party

Survival lies within

10/23/20091h 35min4.7/10(21 TMDB votes)

DramaWestern

Directed by Terrence Martin

Plot

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.