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About
Children of the Arctic is a portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers growing up in Barrow – the northernmost community in the United States. As their climate and culture undergo profound changes, they strive to balance being modern American kids and the inheritors of an endangered way of life. We witness the social pressure they undergo, and how they face the increasingly tough decisions of their lives: to stay, or to leave?
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"Children of the Arctic, the second feature film by Nick Brandestini, confirms the Swiss director's talent for portraying the everyday life of communities on the edge, forced to swing between tradition and modernity, seeking a new balance that at times feels like pure utopia."
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