We recently wrapped up with a two-week film workshop in the village of Takotna, Alaska. Students at the Takotna school collaboratively created the short documentary film, ‘Life in Alaska’. The film features five distinct sections created individually by students, including: How to Make a Snow Fort, by Kaden Mwarey Flying Wild in Alaska, by Alana [...]

We just wrapped up with a week of intensive filmmaking with the students of Port Lions, Alaska – a small village on the Island of Kodiak. During the week, students at the school worked together to create We Are Port Lions, a short film about the community of Port Lions from the perspective of the [...]

We are in production on a short video about an innovative curriculum re-mapping initiative being done in the North Slope Borough School District (NSBSD). The video will highlight NSBSD’s work to re-structure their curriculum based on Inupiat culture and values. During the two-day shoot, we interviewed students/staff and visited classrooms where middle school students conducted [...]

Four Nikolai student films have been accepted into the 2011 Anchorage International Film Festival, and will be screening on Saturday, December 10th at 11:30 am at the Z.J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage, Alaska as part of the Family Mixed Shorts program. Congratulations to youth filmmakers Shawn Gover, Joricha Thomas, Dante Esai, and Phil Runkle! [...]

On Sunday, October 17th, two Nikolai student films premiered at the Alaska Native Film Festival in Anchorage, Alaska. The films featured included ‘Medicine of Nikolai’ by Dante Esai and ‘My Motherhood’ by Joricha Thomas. The films were featured in a lineup of films by Alaska Native filmmakers, and the festival was hosted by the Anchorage [...]