Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization- late 1600s New France. Barkskins 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. Created by Elwood Reid.

It's 1693, and three weeks after a settlement in the French territories is massacred by Iroquois for mysterious reasons, René Sel (Christian Cooke) and Charles Duquet (James Bloor) arrive at nearby Wobik to indenture themselves as tree cutters, or barkskins. Creator Elwood Reid has adapted just the first hundred pages or so, changing the multi-generational saga of environmental exploitation into a period piece about a land grab in colonial … Even so, it improves with every episode, in large part because its performances become richer the more they’re given time to develop, and breathe.

National Geographic announced today its new limited series Barkskins will premiere this Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, at 9/8c with back-to-back episodes over four weeks. Barkskins Series Premiere Review: All About Second Chances Dale McGarrigle at May 25, 2020 11:00 pm. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Barkskins’ first season doesn’t really capture the environmentalist bent of Proulx’s book. Proulx plants a …

Our review of the Season 1 finale for Barkskins reveals very few conclusions after the Iroquois finally get their hands on the pistols they had been promised. Our review of Barkskins Season 1 Episodes 3 and 4 reveals more of the truth about the massacre at the creek and the forces behind the attack. For the uninitiated, I wrote in my review of the National Geographic series: “The first herald of Barkskins’ charming strangeness is David Thewlis’ Claude Trepagny. Steven McCarthy, James Bloor, Kaniehtiio Horn are the main cast of Barkskins TV Series …

‘Barkskins’ Review: Nat Geo’s 1690s Colonial Drama Is an Expansive Experiment. Share Tweet Submit Pin. 'Barkskins' Episode 2 Review: Gaps left by Episode One get filled in well-knit series of events. The new 8-part series is a thrilling frontier adventure set in the 1690s and a home run for National Geographic. Based on the 2016 book by Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS is a drama about a group of colonists living in the wild frontier of the New World. Created by Elwood Reid. The series is populated with a number of unusual but sharply drawn characters driven by diverse set of motives as only Annie Proulx could write them. Much of … Read full review The series suffers from a painfully slow plot and those expecting a direct retelling of the book may be disappointed.