Almost an Island
Documentary | Jonathan VanBallenberghe
- SYNOPSIS
ALMOST AN ISLAND is a cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiaq family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Through observing three generations of one family over the course of four years, ALMOST AN ISLAND explores what it means to be indigenous in the dramatically changing Arctic.
57 minutes
Release: November 2, 2021
Expiration: November 1, 2024
Distributor: APT
NOLA: ALMN 000 Base Revision 001
Jonathan VanBallenberghe
Director/Cinematographer
JONATHAN VANBALLENBERGHE is a documentary filmmaker raised in Juneau, Alaska, and now based in Tucson, Arizona. His films have screened at festivals including SXSW, Tribeca (Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary Short), the American Conservation Film Festival, and the Arizona International Film Festival (three-time
winner of Best of Arizona).
Sharon Wahl
Producer/Writer
SHARON WAHL is a documentary film producer and award-winning fiction writer. In 2005, she and Jonathan VanBallenberghe started Open Lens Productions, a video production company based in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to making documentary films, Open Lens produces full-dome planetarium shows, broadcast commercials, and a variety of commercial projects.
Victoria Westover
Executive Producer
VICTORIA WESTOVER has worked in non-profit arts management for 30 years. Since 2004, she has served as the Director of the Hanson FilmTV Institute at The University of Arizona. She is the Founding Producer of Independent Eye (Maryland Public Television). She has produced short and feature-length independent films, including the documentary APACHE 8, which was broadcast on public television stations nationally, and she was the Arizona unit producer for the Mexican film 600 MILES, which won Best First Feature at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2015.
