[1] The film stars Roseanne Supernault as Tracy, an indigenous woman who is driving, accompanied solely by her dog Pretzel, to her home reserve in far northern Saskatchewan to see her dying mother, but who is under threat from a big rig truck driver who is following her.
[2] The cast also includes Taylor Kinequon, Samuel Hoeksema, Kim Faires, Chad Cosgrave, Nora Mcadam, Cassandra Phillips-Grande, Carla Fox, C. Blake Evernden, Peter Redvers, William Louttit and Lisa Pantherbone.
A working print of the film, with an unfinished audio mix, was screened in Yellowknife and Redvers' hometown of Hay River, Northwest Territories, in 2023,[3] and the completed film had its official premiere on January 15, 2024, at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia.
[4] It was screened in communities in the Canadian Arctic, including Hay River[3] and Iqaluit,[5] beginning January 26.
[6] Writing for Exclaim!, Courtney Small gave the film a mixed review, praising Supernault's performance but stating that "while Cold Road does an effective job of conveying the fear and isolation Tracy endures, especially when the truck is weaving back and forth on the road like a python about to strike, Redvers's script often struggles with the limiting nature of the film's setting.