Iñupiaq film at Sundance

[Linda Lanz]

Hi folks,

I know there's been a lot of talk about the linguist documentary at  
Sundance, but I just found out that there's an Iñupiaq short film  
being featured at Sundance this year, too. It's called Sikumi (On the  
Ice), by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, and it's shot entirely in the  
Iñupiaq language (northern Alaska). (The filmmaker is, incidentally,  
son of Edna Ahgeak MacLean, one of the foremost Native linguists and  
educators working on Iñupiaq revitalization - way to go, MacLean  
family!).

Nice to see a film in an indigenous language featured in such a high- 
profile setting! If you'd like to check it out for yourself, you can  
watch it online at Sundance's site:

http://www.sundance.org/festival/shorts/

I think this is set to work only for one day, so Sikumi will only be  
up on their website January 26 (North American time zones).

Best,
Linda L.

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Linda Lanz
Dept. of Linguistics
Rice University
lanz at rice.edu



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