UNDERSTORY

  • Year 2021
  • Country United States
  • Runtime 39 min
  • Director Colin Arisman
  • Notes Staff Pick, Michigan Premiere
  • Topics

Film Synopsis

Three women set sail on a 350 mile expedition through Alaska’s massive Tongass National Forest, exploring how clearcut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect wildlife, local communities and our planet’s climate.

Production | Wild Confluence Media & Last Stands
Funding Partners | Peak Design, Patagonia, Sitka Salmon Shares, Audubon Alaska & The Wilderness
Director & Editor | Colin Arisman
Producer & Narration | Elsa Sebastian
Cinematography | Gleb Mikhalev & Colin Arisman
Story Advisors | Duct Tape Then Beer, Faith E. Briggs & Natalie Dawson
Original score | Aled Roberts
Additional music | Liz Cooper and The Stampede, Kēpa & Y La Bamba
Animation | Kalakala
Motion graphics | Luke Kantola
Title design | Lee House
Audio post production | Ridgeline Sound
Colorist | Arianna Shining Star
Featuring | Elsa Sebastian, Natalie Dawson, Mara Menahan & Marina Anderson

www.TongassFilm.com

Showings

Sat, Oct 16 Saturday, Oct 16

Understories

Masonic Building – Red Room

Sun, Oct 17 Sunday, Oct 17

Understories

  • Filmmakers in attendance
  • Subjects in attendance
  • Contains adult language

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