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Canyon Del Muerto (film)

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Canyon Del Muerto
Official poster
Directed byCoerte Voorhees
Screenplay byCoerte Voorhees
Based onLife of Ann Axtell Morris
Produced byCoerte Voorhees
Starring
Cinematography
  • Juergen Heinemann
  • Samuel Pearce
Production
companies
  • A Visionary Film
  • First Line Films New Mexico
  • Navajo Nation
  • MC Films
  • The Vladar Company
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States

Canyon of the Dead is a 2024 historical epic written, produced, and directed by Coerte Voorhees. It stars Abigail Lawrie, Tom Felton, Hanako Footman, Ewen Bremner, Tatanka Means, Wes Studi, Finn Jones, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, and Abigail Breslin. The film follows the true story of Ann Axtell Morris, North America's first female archaeologist who along with her husband Earl H. Morris and the Navajo in the 1920s, were co-discoverers of North America's first civilization, the Anasazi. The story also includes the famous aviator couple Charles Lindbergh played by Finn Jones and Anne Morrow Lindbergh played by Abigail Breslin, who assisted the archaeologists in their efforts to locate ancient undiscovered archaeological sites that couldn't been seen from the ground.

Production

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The film was shot on location in Red Rock National Monument, New Mexico and Canyon De Chelly, Arizona during the COVID pandemic as well as various locations in the Four Corners region. The film was made in collaboration with the Navajo Nation and the National Park Service.

Post-Production

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Canyon of the Dead was completed in Spring 2024 and recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.

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