This film is intended to engage a broad audience and will be broadcast on public television statewide and nationally, screened at film festivals, and distributed to public libraries, social studies programs in schools, community health programs, and courses such as Women's, Environmental, Health, Nutrition, Anthropology, and American Studies in universities.
Regional response to the film in progress shows that there is an audience "hungry" to talk about what we have at our potlucks and on our plates: from program directors of diabetes and wellness programs to kids and elders. Along with PBS in Alaska, we will work with schools, village organizations, and public and community health programs on outreach to ensure that Eating Alaska generates dialogue and becomes a tool to help organize people, be that around the push for healthier school snacks and lunches, promoting traditional food gathering, or other actions.
Through national screenings among community, environmental, and women's groups, and in places such as independent natural food stores, farmer's markets and gatherings of outdoor advocacy groups, the film will trigger discussions and challenge assumptions as people talk about their relationship to what they eat, and how that connects to culture, community, health, the environment and the lives of future generations.
