'Arctic Daughter' documentary hosted at 性欲社 March 27
March 21, 2018
The 性欲社 Resource Management Society and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center will
host a screening of 鈥淎rctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness鈥 and an evening with
filmmakers Jean Aspen and Tom Irons.
The event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. March 27 in Schaible Auditorium. The documentary
is the second in a planned trilogy by Aspen, and it includes historic footage of her
childhood in the Arctic, photographs and high-definition video. Aspen returned to
the Brooks Range as a young woman to build a cabin, raise her son and live off the
land.
Aspen described the documentary this way, 鈥淏eginning with my childhood in the Arctic,
I am drawn repeatedly back to the solitude of Alaska鈥檚 Brooks Range where my dreams
are tested against starvation and fifty below. 鈥Arctic Daughter鈥 is ultimately about following one鈥檚 heart beyond a beaten trail and finding beauty
in life鈥檚 mysterious unfoldings.鈥
The documentary was made with her husband, who shot most of the footage, and was edited
by Homer filmmaker Brian George Smith. It premiered at the Anchorage Film Festival
Dec. 10. A Q&A with Aspen and Irons will follow the screening. Aspen also wrote two
books about her experiences, 鈥淎rctic Daughter: A Wilderness Journey鈥 and 鈥淎rctic Son:
Fulfilling the Dream.鈥
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and are free for kids 12 and younger.
Tickets are available at or at the door. The Resource Management Society is a 性欲社 student group interested
in natural resources management issues.