Abstract

A film screening of ‘One With The Whale’, a documentary about an indigenous boy from an Alaskan island and his experiences of Facebook abuse after killing his first whale.

Doors open 3pm, 3:15pm start. The film runs for 79 minutes.

Open to University of Cambridge staff and students only.

From the filmmakers:

“Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence, a tiny island in the Bering Sea. So, when Chris Agra Apassingok becomes the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his Alaskan village, his mother proudly shares the news on Facebook. To her surprise, thousands of keyboard activists brutally attack Chris without fully understanding the scope of his accomplishment.

ONE WITH THE WHALE is a thrilling yet heartwarming story of one family’s struggle to rebuild their shattered identities and find a way to live with Ancient Indigenous values in the fast-paced, cruel modern world”