Subienkow is in mortal danger. The fort he and his fellow fur thieves have erected in the snow is in flames - attacked by the very tribe they enslaved to build it - now only he and Big Ivan remain. As Ivan is tortured before him Subienkow must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him. He calls over the chief, Makamuk, and begins to bargain...
Acting
Martin Dubreuil's desperate, sweating desperation — bargaining as theatre.
Writing
Jack London's twisted premise: the con man conned by his own racism.
Director
Sean Meehan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Jack London's 1908 story, adapted here with Indigenous actors controlling the narrative gaze — a reversal London never intended.
The 14-minute runtime mirrors Subienkow's doomed negotiation: you're trapped, watching a man talk himself deeper into hell. The short format IS the sentence.
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