The Eskimo and the Whale (2005)

Follow Filmmaker Jenn Hofmann as she explore the strength and courage of Inupiat people struggling to preserve their subsistence whaling culture in the Artctic regions of Alaska. Challenged by hostile weather, intricate international politics, the potential opening of ANWR and aggressive off-shore oil exploration, Inupiat whalers remain as resolute as their icebound ocean. Revealatory and revolutionary, The Eskimo and the Whale skillfully captures the abstract arctic light and uses it to illuminate an utterly alien corner of our world.