Old Dances New Dancers
Director:
Mike Martz
Writer:
Mike Martz
Production Date:
1984
Producer:
Mike Martz
Narrator:
Sophie Polk
Run Time:
0:29:20
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Major themes covered: documents the first annual Young People’s Eskimo Dance Awareness Festival held in Chevak, Alaska—a festival to revitalize traditional Yup’ik dancing among young people.
Native activities shown:
Individuals? Named?
Native language spoken:
Audible?
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Other notes: The KYUK TV Productions Collection: A series of informative TV documentaries spotlighting varied aspects of life among the Yup’ik people of Southwestern Alaska. These films were produced by television station KYUK (Bethel Broadcasting) in Bethel, Alaska, which has kindly made them available to the American Indian Film Gallery.