Directing
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
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Directing
Credits
10 titles
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean is a film director and screenwriter creating works in international filmmaking arenas. His films are set in his homeland, shot on location in Barrow, Alaska, starring Iñupiat people. They are among the first feature films produced in the Iñupiaq language. Andrew MacLean’s heritage is woven into how the characters make decisions, relate to each other and in how the plots develop. His work often explores paałaqtautaiññiq, a core value among his people which roughly translates as “non-violence” or “avoidance of conflict.” MacLean’s work examines how an individual and a community reacts to violence, identifying unique cultural responses to extreme situations. The Sundanc…
Known for
6.3In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong.
On the Ice
2011
5.3An Inuit hunter drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals, but instead, bears witness to murder. In the microscopic communities of Arctic Alaska there is no anonymity -- the hunter knows both the victim and the murderer. The murderer, claiming self-defense and desperate to avoid punishment, tries to persuade his friend to forget what he has seen, and help dispose of the body. The hunter is forced to navigate the uneasy morality of honoring the body and memory of one friend and destroying the life of another.
Sikumi (On the Ice)
2008
7.0Sometimes the best day of your life is the worst day of your life.
Feels Good
2016
Two astronauts on a mission to find a new supply of energy land on a planet where alien beings offer a chance at a survival at a great cost.
Children of the Northern Lights
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An Inuit father teaches his son to hunt seals.
Natchiliagniaqtuguk Aapagalu
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6.7This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never before seen, her youngest child and director Hepi Mita discovers the filmmaker he never knew and shares the mother he lost, with the world.
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.3In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong.
On the Ice
2011
6.3In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong.
On the Ice
2011
5.3An Inuit hunter drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals, but instead, bears witness to murder. In the microscopic communities of Arctic Alaska there is no anonymity -- the hunter knows both the victim and the murderer. The murderer, claiming self-defense and desperate to avoid punishment, tries to persuade his friend to forget what he has seen, and help dispose of the body. The hunter is forced to navigate the uneasy morality of honoring the body and memory of one friend and destroying the life of another.
Sikumi (On the Ice)
2008
7.0Sometimes the best day of your life is the worst day of your life.
Feels Good
2016
7.0Sometimes the best day of your life is the worst day of your life.
Feels Good
2016
Two astronauts on a mission to find a new supply of energy land on a planet where alien beings offer a chance at a survival at a great cost.
Children of the Northern Lights
—
Two astronauts on a mission to find a new supply of energy land on a planet where alien beings offer a chance at a survival at a great cost.
Children of the Northern Lights
—
An Inuit father teaches his son to hunt seals.
Natchiliagniaqtuguk Aapagalu
—
An Inuit father teaches his son to hunt seals.
Natchiliagniaqtuguk Aapagalu
—