Land Sea Sky is a one-hour video which will introduce audiences to the varying controversial and often emotional issues which underlie Native Sovereignty in Alaska. It will trace the impact of Western influences on Alaska's indigenous peoples and will examine the scope of their political, cultural, and economic evolution. It will present these issues as an on-going and ever evolving story, while offering an interpretation which will challenge viewers to think critically and intellectually about the place indigenous peoples hold and the sacred traditions they keep in our social and political world.
Here is a question for documentary film-lovers, lovers of films that can make a difference! Can you spare $10 $50? $100? We hope you can. As a matter of fact, we're hoping we can get a couple of thousand people like you to help us with the production phase of an important film for $120,980.
Whoa, that's a lot of money!
Yeah, don't we know it...
We need at least 3,000 good-hearted people to give us $50 or more.
We are asking for tax-exempt donations for the production phase of the film.
The fiscal sponsor, Documentary Educational Resources (DER), is a non-profit 501,c,3, which enables your donations to be tax exempt. Checks should be made out to DER. Please note on the check that the donation is for “Land Sea Sky.” Send check to:
Documentary Educational Resources
101 Morse Street
Watertown, MA 02472
If your prefer to make a donation by credit card over the phone, please call DER toll-free at 1(800)569-6621.
“Alaska Natives maintained their own forms of traditional governments and sovereignty prior to the arrival of Westerners. But their encounters with Euro-Americans and subsequent encapsulation into the larger American society forced them to adopt new strategies and initiatives to protect their land and culture. They initiated a yet-evolving process to reconstruct their sovereignty within new and existing institutions to reflect and protect who they are and to maintain the integrity of their tribal groups. During the past 250 years, Alaska natives have struggled to preserve and protect their relationship witht he land, to enhance their general welfare, to control their destiny, and finally, to define their relationships with the larger society and with government institutions.”
—Rosita Worl
This is the story of the Alaska Native struggle for self-determination. The video will highlight evidence that there is nothing short of a Native spiritual movement occurring in Alaska. This movement is about healing the wounds of history and moving forward into the future with a renewed sense of determination.
Executive Producer / Director Alice Dungan Bouvrie and Producers Mike Williams (Yup'ik Eskimo), and Vernita Herdman (Inupiat) invite you to contribute to the making of this important project. It will be made available for international and national TV, Cable, educational venues and distribution, festivals and political, cultural and socially based organizations interested in indigenous issues.
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