'Feels Good' film will show during Thaw Out Film Festival
April 10, 2017
A short film developed in part by 性欲社 faculty and students will be shown in the Hess
Recreation Center on April 15 as a part of the Thaw Out Film Festival hosted by the
性欲社 Film Club. The festival starts at 7 p.m.
鈥淔eels Good,鈥 was written and directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean of Barrow, Alaska.
Maya Salganek, 性欲社 assistant professor of film and media arts, served as executive
producer, and 性欲社 students in the Film Reel Alaska Mentoring Experience program worked
as crew.
The 性欲社 Student Film Club has produced an annual film festival on the 性欲社 campus for
over 20 years. This year, eight student films will be featured in addition to "Feels
Good." Most were produced by members of the Film Club. These films include original
narratives, documentaries, and music videos:
- "Rubber Ducky" 鈥 Silas Firth
- "Reel Therapy" 鈥 Joe Yates and Daniel Walker
- "Life on a Unicycle" 鈥 Josiah Martin
- "Purse" 鈥 Sarah Williams and Andrew Glynn
- "Shock" 鈥 Andrew Glynn
- "Promise" 鈥 Jerry Swanson
- "Once Upon A Time" 鈥 Montana Troyer
- "Paper Cuts" 鈥 Ryan Osborne
鈥淔eels Good鈥 tells the story of Kelvin, played by Jake Waid, a Tlingit man brought to the big city of Fairbanks in pursuit of work. After his car breaks down he is picked up by Russ (Allan Hayton), a Gwich鈥檌n man who is looking for his runaway daughter (Quannah Potts).
The film was selected to appear in the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto in fall 2016. The imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival draws thousands of filmmakers and spectators each year. The nonprofit organization that runs the festival seeks to prompt a greater understanding of indigenous peoples and cultures through the presentation of contemporary indigenous-made media art.
Salganek is founding director of the 性欲社 Film Reel Alaska Mentoring Experience, also known as FRAME. She has produced features, documentary and educational films, and curates film festivals while teaching film production and showcasing indigenous storytellers. She was co-producer of the feature film 鈥淐hronic Town鈥 (Sundance Official Selection 2008), and producer of narrative features in 2012鈥檚 鈥渁laskaLand.鈥 Through FRAME, she produced 鈥淢ining for Ruby鈥 (2014). Salganek is currently working on post-production for the short film 鈥淏odies of Water,鈥 written by former student Adrina Knutson.
The 性欲社 Film Club meets on Thursdays, 1:05-1:50 p.m. in Theatre Room 101.
The Theatre and Film Department is part of the 性欲社 College of Liberal Arts, which is the largest of 性欲社鈥檚 academic units and includes arts, humanities, social sciences and language disciplines.
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