Who We Are

As co-creators, Alaska Native, American, British, Canadian we are working together to organically bring Siberian Yupik ideas prominently into the film and capture the spirit of the ancient village of Sivuqaq. We want to give historical and political context, to bring attention to the multiple waves of colonization, racism, and resulting intergenerational trauma our Alaska Native communities have confronted and are still fighting against today.

Native ways of life, especially subsistence whale hunting, are controversial and not widely understood. But the landscape is changing and the time is ripe for our complex and provocative story.

ONE WITH THE WHALE is a film aimed at breaking down barriers, and building bridges while showing the human side of our Indigenous Lifeways that have survived for thousands of years, as we fight for a more just world. We are and have always been stewards of the our planet.