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One With the Whale

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Includes a post-film Q&A with film subject Susan Apassingok


Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the Indigenous people 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 Chris without fully understanding the scope of his accomplishment. One with the Whale is a heartwarming yet thrilling documentary of one family’s struggle to rebuild their shattered identities and regain a new foothold in both the ancient and modern world.

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  • Year:
    2023
  • Runtime:
    80 minutes
  • Language:
    English, Siberian, Yupik
  • Country:
    United States, United Kingdom
  • Director:
    Jim Wickens, Pete Chelkowski
  • Producer:
    M. Watanabe Milmore, Aakapak Susan Apassingok, Yaari Walker
  • Executive Producer:
    Justine Nagan, Bonni Cohen, Alex Lieberman
  • Co-Producer:
    Nalu Apassingok
  • Editor:
    M. Watanabe Milmore