Magnetic North - Jake Adams

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2018, 27 min (6-min sample)
  • Director / Producer:Marla Williams
  • Camera:Steve Rychetnik
  • Editors:Chris Julian, with Sandy Jeglum

From a 5-part PBS series on the movers & shakers of Alaskan politics, this half-hour program examines the extraordinary life of Jacob Anagi Adams, a native Inupiac who was instrumental in setting up a native-owned corporation in Alaska's North Slope, for the benefit of his people and generations to come. Funded by The Rasmuson Foundation, in association with the Alaska Humanities Forum.