The Passage

In 1974, my 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into the Pacific, and became some the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to Alaska up the Inside Passage. My brother and I grew up paddling those wooden canoes in the Virginia rivers and the 1974 adventure became legend in our family - shaping who we’ve become, how we view our parents, and how our parents view themselves. In the summer of 2017, we renovated those canoes and with our aging parents completed their 1974 journey. The Passage is a story about growing up, growing old, and the wild places that define us.

A film by DAY’S EDGE PRODUCTIONS

Additional Photography

KYLE McCBURNIE

ELI SPIEGEL

BEN DAPPEN

ALAN DAPPEN

ANDY DAPPEN

JIMMY DAPPEN

STEVEN CUMMINGS

STEER FILMS

Historic Photographs by

ALAN DAPPEN

ANDY DAPPEN

SARA SCHERR

RICK WILSON

JAN DAPPEN

Animations by

ROOT HOUSE

HEATHER DAPPEN

Color by

DC COLOR | COLORIST ROBBIE CARMAN

Sound Design & Mix by

ONA SOUNDS

Original Score by

ONA SOUNDS

Additional Music by

BALMORHEA ("writers" Robert Lowe and Michael Muller)

MICHAEL NAU

CRISTIAN SCHMIDT

Special Thanks to

MARK DEMING

ASHLEY PEEL

JACOB BOLING

JIMMY DAPPEN

AMANDA DAPPEN

JIM AIKMAN

GRAHAM ZIMMERMAN

ANN KRCIK and THE NORTH FACE

LARRABEE STATE PARK

Created with generous support from NRS

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