National Geographic‘s upcoming drama Barkskins, filmed outside Quebec City, Que., examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France that threatens to throw the region into all-out war. Likely suspects abound — the English, the Hudson’s Bay Company and a band of Kanien’kehá:ka (Iroquois) possibly in league with the English looking to drive the French from the territory — but who or what brought these settlers to such a tragic end? National Geographic’s new eight-part limited series, Barkskins, created by Elwood Reid and based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Annie Proulx, transports viewers to the wild frontier of the late 17th century.
Barkskins premieres Sunday, September 6 with back-to-back episodes at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET/PT. Beginning on Sunday, September 13, new episodes air weekly at 9 p.m. ET/PT for the rest of the season.
Episode 1: NEW FRANCE
Airing Sunday, September 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on National Geographic
New men and “Filles du Roi” arrive in Wobik, while Hudson’s Bay agents search west of town.
Barkskins is based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Proulx. The series stars David Thewlis ( Wonder Woman) as Claude Trepagny, Marcia Gay Harden ( The Newsroom) as Mathilde Geffard, Aneurin Barnard ( Dunkirk) as Hamish Goames, James Bloor ( Dunkirk) as Charles Duquet, Christian Cooke ( Point Blank) as Rene Sel, David Wilmot ( The Alienist) as Constable Bouchard, Thomas M. Wright ( The Bridge) as Elisha Cooke, Tallulah Haddon ( Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) as Melissande, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn ( The Man in the High Castle) as “Mari,” Lily Sullivan ( Picnic at Hanging Rock) as Delphine and Zahn McClarnon ( Fargo) as Yvon.
