Almost an Island is a cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiat family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Through observing three generations of one family over four years, the documentary explores what it means to be indigenous.
From 1907 until his death more than 50 years later, ethnologist John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the U.S., chasing the voices of the last speakers of Native America's dying languages. Moving from one tribal community to the next, he collaborated with the last speakers to document every finite detail before their languages were lost forever.
Spirit Flute begins with an understanding of the Indigenous people who live and walk the Native road on Oklahoma soil. The viewer will enjoy the beautiful sounds of the flute as well as being taken on a visual journey.
This documentary spans two countries and three Cherokee nations. Learn more about Sequoyah through the written language he created for the Cherokee people, interviews with his descendants, cave writings depictions and more.