Ada Blackjack Rising

Directed by Brice Habeger · 2020

On an Alaskan shore before dawn, a young Iñupiaq woman reflects on Ada Blackjack, lone survivor of a doomed 1921 Arctic expedition, and her long wait through the polar night.

A rare film spoken in King Island Iñupiaq, honouring an astonishing true survival story with haunting Arctic imagery.

In the pre-dawn twilight of an Alaskan shore, a young Native woman reflects on the story of Ada Blackjack, the sole survivor of a disastrous 1921 Arctic expedition, and the loneliness she must have felt waiting for a res

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