Watch the gripping and emotional tale of an Alaska Native family’s struggle to recover from animal activists’ online assaults against their teenage son, the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his village. (Directors: Pete Chelkowski and Jim Wickens; Producers: Susan Aakapak Apassingok (Yupik), Yaari Walker (Yupik), and Justine Nagan; USA/UK, 2023, 80 min.; English and Siberian Yupik with English subtitles)

This film is for mature audiences. It contains scenes of hunting, strong language, and drug use.

Co-director Pete Chelkowski in attendance for post-screening discussion and Q & A.

This screening is presented as part of the museum's Native Cinema Showcase, a celebration of the best in Indigenous film from communities throughout the Western Hemisphere and Arctic.

This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Image courtesy of Vitamin Sea Productions.