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1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
Event |
Originally produced by Under the Milky Way in 2014. |
Summary |
A year-in-the-life portrait of Native Alaskan teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska - the northern-most community of the United States. For these teenagers, growing up has become a little more complicated than it was for their ancestors. They are the twenty-first century descendants of a culture that has endured for millennia on this isolated, but rapidly changing tundra. The harvest of the agvik (bowhead whale) remains the heart of their culture - in the fall, motor boats and modern methods are used, whereas, in the spring, whaling crews use the umiaq (a seal-skin boat made by hand) and ancient traditional methods. Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the **Guam International Film Festival**, **Oxford Film Festival**, **Phoenix Film Festival**, and **Santa Barbara International Film Festival**. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Language |
In English |
Subject |
Coming of age.
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Ethnicity.
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Teenagers.
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Indigenous peoples.
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Americans.
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Enthnology.
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Documentary films.
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Genre |
Documentary films.
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Added Author |
Brandestini, Nick, film director.
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Under the Milky Way (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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Music No. |
4528932 Kanopy |
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