RESOUR> The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced

From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 09:14:00 -0500
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From: NativeVillage500@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:40:10 EDT

One Wednesday, June 11, 2003, Florentine Films/Hott Productions latest
documentary, The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced" will be broadcast
nationally on PBS.

At the beginning of the 21st century the Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced
followed the route of Edward Harriman's famous 1899 expedition, exploring
some of the issues Harriman faced, and some he couldn¹t even imagine.  What
are the subsistence hunting rights of Alaska citizens?  What is the future
of the Alaska fisheries?  What will tourism do the coastline, what will
global warming do the glaciers?  Should more wilderness be set aside, or
should the state¹s enormous resources be tapped to the utmost?

The two-hour film weaves together four elements: the story of the original
cruise, the biographies of its most compelling characters, the comparison of
Alaska today with the Alaska of 1899, and commentary by scientists on the
cruise of 2001.

A highlight of the film is the 2001 group's port stop in the fishing town of
Ketchikan, within the Tongass National Forest. Expedition representatives
returned to leaders of the Saanya Kwaan (Saanya Clan) numerous sacred
objects removed from the uninhabited village of Cape Fox, near Ketchikan,
during the 1899 expedition. The repatriated objects, which included house
posts, ceremonial blankets, totem poles, masks and carvings, had been in the
collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard and Cornell
Universities, the University of Washington and the Field Museum in Chicago.
Expedition representatives joined a "potlatch," hosted by leaders of the
Tlingit Tribe, in a rare ceremony of healing for hundreds of Tlingits from
throughout Southeast Alaska.

If you would be interested in receiving a press kit on the film, please feel
free to contact me at 413.575.1435 or at mtk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In the interim, complete information on the film is available at
http://www.florentinefilms.org or at http://www.pbs.org/harriman.

Regards,

Michael Kusek for
Florentine Films/Hott Productions

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"The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced" appearing April at the Newport
Beach and Philadelphia Film Festivals.  National broadcast date set for June
11 at 8:00 PM on PBS.

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