DER Documentary
Smokin' Fish
watch a previewby Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann
color, 80 min, 2011
English and Tlingit with English (SDH), Spanish, French, German, and Italian subtitles
Non-profit and K-12 pricing also available
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Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin' Fish tells the story of one man's attempts to navigate the messy zone of collision between the modern world and an ancient culture.
“without pretense… thoroughly fresh, funny, wise, and sweet.” — Alaskan Author Heather Lende
“a relevant, respectful and hip look at the continuing story of Southeast Alaska, as cultures come together, mix and create something entirely new.” — Richard Radford, Capital City Weekly
Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards
Judges Best, People's Choice, Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, 2013
Best Doc, Montreal First Peoples Film Fest, 2012
Best Doc, Arizona International Film Fest, 2012
Audience Award, Cowichan International Film Fest, 2012
Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, 2013
Black Hills Fim Festival, South Dakota, USA, 2013
FICG28 - Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, 2013
41st Recontre Cinematographique de Digne-Les-Bains, France, 2013
Black Hills Film Festival, USA, 2013
Gothenburg Film Fest 2013
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, 2012
Available Light Film Fest, Canada, 2012
Cowichan International Film Fest, Canada, 2012
Salem Documentary Film Fest, 2012
DOXA, Canada, 2012
Port Townsend Film Festival, 2012
Festival International Jean Rouch, 2012
IDFA, 2011
Mill Valley International 2011
Hawaii International 2011
Montreal First Peoples (Terres en Vue) Film Festival, 2011
Anchorage International 2011
American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2011
Society for Visual Anthropology 2011
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