Kit Leonard Dennis

Ex-CIA agent Hank Saddler has found a new life as an apartment building manager, but with PTSD, a failed marriage, strange tenants, and a difficult daughter dogging him, he's barely managing to keep it together. When one of those tenants comes to him and claims that her neighbor is a terrorist, Hank's worst fears and old self begin to rise to the surface; keeping it together suddenly gets a lot harder. But the tenant who started this in the first place may not be what she seems; another reason Hank might be barely managing is because he's the one being managed.

What starts out as a voyage to the West in pursuit of the American Dream quickly turns deadly for the Donner party after a series of bad decisions and severe weather. Trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, this group of nearly 80 settlers fell prey to sub-zero temperatures, torrential rainfalls, extreme heat, and ten-foot snow drifts. Punishing storms trapped the party with nearly no food or shelter for 5 months in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Many died, some succumbed to cannibalism to survive, and others delved deeply into their faith while waiting to be rescued. “The Donner Party” explores this exciting journey through a hybrid of first-person narration, remarkable reenactments, expert interviews, CGI, and archival materials.