Cinéma

Gath & K’iyh: Listen to Heal

Friday, August 9 - 8:30 pm
Cinéma du Musée

Gath & K’iyh: Listen to Heal
Directed by Princess Daazhraii Johnson
USA
Experimental documentary
7 min
English

Synopsis

Gath and K’iyh is a poetic visual exploration of a community-led creative arts project aimed at better understanding and restoring our relationship with gath (king salmon) and k’iyh (birch) relatives as we navigate our feelings around climate change in Alaska.

Gath and K’iyh are words from the Benhti Kokhut’ana Kenaga’ (Lower Tanana) dialect spoken in the Interior Region of Alaska. Guided by the voice and wisdom of Ahtna Elder Fred John, this film invites viewers to pause, to listen, to sing and dream together and ask how we might be in better relationship to the natural world around us.