One with The Whale

 

Fear a’ Mhuc-Mara

Stiùiriche: Peter Chelkowski agus Jim Wickens 2023, Uair a thìde gu leth, UK/USA Cànan: Beurla FFEIG Ire:12 Tùsanaich ri strì.

Tha iad a’ sealg nam muice-mhara airson bith beò ann an St Lawrence, eilean beag anns a’ Chuan Bering. B’
e Chris Agra Apassingok am fear a
b’ òige a-riamh sa bhaile an Alasga,
a chur sleagh a’ mhuc-mara, bha a mhàthair cho mòr as gun chur i e air Facebook. Gabh i uabhas nuair a thug mìltean de luchd-iomairt nam bòrd- iuchrach ionnsaigh air. Tha Fear a’ Mhuc-Mara a’ dèanamh iomradh air
na arrasbacan a bha aig Chris agus a theaghlach, eadar sruthan bitheanta an latha: biadh fìor ghlan, ceartas dhan àrainneachd, atharrachadh na gnàth- thìde, brùidealachd cinneadh agus na meadhanan sòisealta. Tha bith-beò

na Apassingoks agus am baile, fo chunnart agus iad a’ lorg dòigh-beatha cothromach eadar an latha a tha ann agus a’ toirt annlann às an àrainneachd.

 

One With The Whale

Dir: Peter Chelkowski and Jim Wickens 2023, Ihr 30min, UK/USA, Language: English. HIFF: 12
An Indigenous story of resistance. Hunting whales is a matter of life

or death for the residents of St. Lawrence, a tiny island in the Bering Sea. So, when Chris Agra Apassingok becomes the youngest person to
ever harpoon a whale for his Alaskan village, his mother proudly shares the news on Facebook. To her surprise,

thousands of keyboard activists brutally attack. One With the Whale chronicles the obstacles Chris and his family face, amidst larger currents of food security, environmental justice, climate change, cultural genocide,
and social media. The livelihood of
the Apassingoks and their village are threatened as they search for a balance between modernity and a traditional subsistence lifestyle.