Leanne Robinson and Dwayne Wohlgemuth embarked on a summer-long canoe trip across the Northwest Territories with their two sons: four-year-old Emile, and one-year-old Aleksi. Together they faced the challenges of living off the land and the criticism from back home.
This film was part of Program 3, Summer Fest 2023, VIMFF 2023, VIMFF 2023 Tour and is no longer available for viewing.
Keith Robertson got his feet wet as a documentary filmmaker in Yellowknife in 2017 with a documentary short about making birch syrup. After studying film editing at the Banff Centre in 2018, Keith made a series of award-winning adventure documentaries all set in the North, including Family Routes. This past summer Keith moved from Yellowknife to Montreal to begin the adventure of parenthood with his partner, Gabrielle.
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