(WATCH): A Tribute To Alaskan Filmmaker Len Kamerling

"A short film I made in tribute to my friend, ethnographic filmmaker Len Kamerling, based on a conversation we filmed at his house in Fairbanks, Alaska in 2009. The film features Len's breathtaking footage of Yup'ik eskimo villages, Hokkaido (Japan), and Tanzania, and explores his unique process of living amongst remote, endangered cultures around the world, then allowing those communities to collaborate in the editing and development of his films about them. We discuss the tensions this creates with anthropologists, and Len's personal journey through the challenges of authentic representation in ethnographic films as the cultures they depict rapidly disappear from our planet.

Kamerling also discusses his kinship and collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams on the feature STRANGE AND SACRED NOISE. Adams' unique exploration of Alaska through its sonic geography is one of the subjects of my feature documentary THE REACH OF RESONANCE (2010)." -Steve Elkins

For more on "The Reach Of Resonance":
https://www.steveelkins.net/Cinema/The-Reach-Of-Resonance/