New film documents community resilience in Western Alaska

By Tom Moran-Alaska Sea Grant on Dec 20, 2025   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

A new short film details ways that residents in Western Alaska are responding constructively to changes to their local environment. “Cumikluten (Pay Attention)” is a 36-minute documentary produced by POLARIS, an interdisciplinary project to identify sources of resilience in the rural Western Alaska communities of Chevak and Dillingham. The film follows local residents as they describe […]