A feature-length documentary
North American Journey Too continues the same nine-month, 25,000-mile overland expedition undertaken in 1986, picking up in Haines, Alaska, where North American Journey (1986) leaves off. The film follows the road south and east across the continent, culminating at Niagara Falls, New York, and completing the full arc of the journey across the United States and Canada.
Produced and videotaped by Patty Mooney and Mark Schulze, the film was shot during the journey itself, as the two traveled as a young couple and emerging entrepreneurs. Working without a crew, without digital tools, and without a fixed itinerary, they documented the road as it unfolded, guided by terrain, weather, access, and instinct.
The route carries them through Jasper, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, and the Badlands, tracing a sustained passage through wilderness corridors, interior plains, and borderlands. As with the first film, the story is shaped by motion rather than destination. Campsites, long drives, breakdowns, and quiet intervals become part of the structure, reflecting the physical reality of extended travel.
Filmed at a moment before GPS, mobile phones, or internet connectivity, North American Journey Too preserves the discipline and uncertainty of analog travel. Maps are consulted. Decisions are negotiated. Time expands. The road becomes both workplace and classroom.
Upon returning from the journey, Mooney and Schulze would go on to build Crystal Pyramid Productions and New & Unique Videos, companies rooted in the same values evident in the film: independence, curiosity, hands-on production, and a belief in documenting real experience from the inside out.
Archival Context
- Filmed in 1986 as part of a nearly one-year journey across the U.S. and Canada
- Direct continuation of North American Journey (1986)
- Shot from Haines, Alaska to Niagara Falls, New York
- Includes Jasper, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, and the Badlands
- Produced and videotaped by Patty Mooney and Mark Schulze during the journey
- Created during the VHS era of independent documentary filmmaking
Why It Matters
Together, North American Journey and North American Journey Too form a single, uninterrupted document of analog travel at continental scale. The second film completes the route while revealing the cumulative effects of distance, endurance, partnership, and purpose. It also marks the beginning of a creative and entrepreneurial path that would shape decades of independent production and distribution.
Credits
Produced and videotaped by: Patty Mooney and Mark Schulze
Crystal Pyramid Productions
Distributed by: New & Unique Videos™
Release Status
Scheduled for release in 2026