Watch a film about a heartwarming, yet thrilling 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 & Jim Wickens, Producers: Aakapak Susan Apassingok (Yupik), Yaari Walker (Yupik), Justine Nagan, USA/UK, 2023, 80 min., English & Siberian Yupik with English Subtitles).

Join co-director Pete Chelkowski for post-screening discussion and Q & A.

For Mature Audiences: Contains scenes of hunting, strong language, and drug use.

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.