Nat Geo's historical drama Barkskins is crowded with scheming characters but thin on reasons to care about them

The Hollywood Reporter

Marcia Gay Harden and David Thewlis star in the 10-part historical drama, premiering Memorial Day, set in French-colonial Canada in the 1690s and based on the novel by Annie Proulx. ALSO: How Thewlis tackled playing an "eccentric" 17th Century French settler.