Heart of Alaska was entered into the Anchorage Film Festival and won best 'Made in Alaska' category. I am incredibly humbled and honored. So many talented people put a lot of energy, time, and expertise into this film. Thank you AIFF and everyone who has supported Heart of Alaska.
Heart of Alaska - the film
Heart of Alaska - promotional poster
Heart of Alaska is a film I have been working on, with the nonprofit, 'Ground Truth Trekking', since since summer 2014. The film received financing in December 2014 through a kickstarter campaign.
Synopsis:
Hig, Erin and their two children walk out of their comfortable home on a cold March predawn morning and begin a four-month human powered expeditionaround Alaska's Cook Inlet. While carrying food, camping gear and other necessities for their survival, the family also carries a question – 'what do you think the future of Alaska will look like in 50 years?'
Beyond expansive mudflats, rivers, and streams and over headlands and miles of uninhabited beaches there exists a patchwork of communities. From small native villages to Alaska's largest city, Cook Inlet is the Heart of Alaska.
Through adventure, inquiry, chance encounters and in-depth conversations this film aims to pause long enough to ponder what the future of Alaska will look like for the two adventuring toddlers in this film and their peers.
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