The Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) is hosting a special event in conjunction with the Ray Wise Mala Film Festival. This event will feature excerpts from many different films in Mala’s career, and comments from: Lael Morgan, the author of the new Mala biography, “Eskimo Star”; Ted Mala, Jr., grandson of Ray Mala; anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan, author of “Freeze Frame: Alaska Eskimos in the Movies”; and Bob Huntsman, who has been working on identifying the uncredited Alaska Natives who appear in the Mala film, “Eskimo” (1933). Note that the names Mr. Huntsman has collected to-date are included below.
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Room 307 of the UAA/APU Consortium Library.
Admission is free.
Copies of Lael Morgan’s new biography of Ray Wise Mala, “Eskimo Star,” will be available for purchase, in addition to a limited number of Ann Fienup-Riordan’s out-of-print “Freeze Frame: Alaska Eskimos in the Movies,” and DVD sets of the 1936 Republic Pictures serial, “Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island,” starring Ray Mala.
For more information, please contact AMIPA at 907.786.4980 r e-mail AMIPA archivist Kevin Tripp at [email protected].
Mr. Bob Huntsman’s partial list of names of uncredited Alaska Natives appearing in “Eskimo” (1933):
David Ayakana
Izkazeek
Phillip Nanooruk
Kayoisauraq
Kayonak
Florence Kiminock (Yavik)
Mary Sahkaunah Nanooruk
Onalik
Carl Oxereok
Gerald Oxereok
John Oxereok
Ebulik Rock
Louis Tananuk
Alma Tungwenuk
Johnathan Unalook
The Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association is a 501(c)(3) non- profit dedicated to media preservation and education to ensure long-term access to Alaska’s moving image heritage.