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Catharine Axley
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Catharine Axley is an independent documentary filmmaker and educator. Her most recent film is ATTLA, a feature documentary co-produced by ITVS and Vision Maker Media, that aired nationally in 2019 as part of PBS' Independent Lens series. ATTLA is a selectee of the 2020-2021 American Film Showcase program through the U.S. Department of State, and was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the 44th American Indian Film Festival and Best Indigenous Film at the 2019 BendFilm Festival, among others. Her films have played at festivals including the San Francisco International Film Festival, DOC NYC, Heartland International Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Banff Centre Mountain Film …
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NRSpanning his fifty-year dogsled racing career, ATTLA explores the life and persona of George Attla, from his childhood as a TB survivor in the Alaskan interior, to his rise as ten-time world champion and mythical state hero, to a village elder resolutely training his grandnephew to race his team one last time.
ATTLA
2019
A determined young Alaskan native learns to appreciate and perpetuate village traditions through conversations with his grandfather, a legendary dog-sledder.
In Attla's Tracks
2016
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NRSpanning his fifty-year dogsled racing career, ATTLA explores the life and persona of George Attla, from his childhood as a TB survivor in the Alaskan interior, to his rise as ten-time world champion and mythical state hero, to a village elder resolutely training his grandnephew to race his team one last time.
ATTLA
2019
A determined young Alaskan native learns to appreciate and perpetuate village traditions through conversations with his grandfather, a legendary dog-sledder.
In Attla's Tracks
2016