Wisdom is preparing for 2015 film festivals with two documentary film entries: Athabascans: The Caribou People and Inupiaq: People of the Whale. These 30-minute productions feature Alaska Native elders and cultural leaders along with observations of unprecedented climate issues. Eight Film Screenings and Community Consultations were held earlier in 2014 in Portland in sponsorship with Multnomah County and other community organizations.
Executive Producer Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine) will travel to Fairbanks, AK in March to screen the works in progress at the 2015 Alaska Native Studies Conference and seek final feedback from UAF faculty and community members. We will then complete final post-production editing and enter them into Native American and environmental justice film festivals later in 2015.
We are continuing to seek funding to produce this ongoing series of environmental justice documentaries and radio programs. The first two radio programs will be distributed in 2015 through Koahnic Broadcasting’s Native Voice One to over 50 Indian radio stations around the country.
Stay tuned for announcements on two Video Screenings and Community Consultations being held in February featuring video productions by Native youth peer mentors featuring our 2014 Summer Field Science Camps. The screenings will be co-sponsored by Native American Youth and Family Center and Beaverton School District’s Title VII Indian Education Program.