One With the Whale

  Directed by: Jim Wickens, Peter Chelkowski Released: 2024 (educational) Year of Production: 2023 Running Time: 80 min Language: English,  Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Indigenous Studies, Environmental Issues                 The Apassingoks are a typical American family. They watch the NBA, have a dog named Blue, and are often glued to social media. They live on St. Lawrence, a tiny Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, with their son Chris, a shy teenager. But, unlike mainland kids, he must regularly cut school and head out in -20°F into the deadly waters to provide food for his family and his village. Because on this island, if you don’t hunt you die. In Gambell, Chris is one of the few subsistence hunters of his generation, an ancient practice of providing food for the entire community, but a way of life which is becoming infinitely more difficult due to climate change. So, when Chris becomes the youngest person to ever harvest a whale, the village