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Almost an Island

Jonathan VanBallenberghe
United States, 2021, 57 min.

In English.

Almost an Island is a cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiaq family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Through observing three generations of one family over the course of four years, Almost an Island explores what it means to be indigenous in the dramatically changing Arctic.

Category: Documentary.

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