Alaska Far Away
Alaska Far Away

Movie·2008·1h 31m

Alaska Far Away

The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony

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United States of America

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The Story

'Alaska Far Away' tells the story of the Matanuska Colonization Project of 1935, a creative and controversial New Deal program that relocated 202 families devastated by the Great Depression, taking them from the upper Midwest to the Matanuska Valley in Alaska to start an experimental farming colony. It generated a whirlwind of publicity and controversy at the time, not only as a federally-funded social experiment, but also as one of the last pioneer movements in America. The Matanuska Colony isn't just a fascinating footnote to the history of Alaska. It encompasses the despair of the Depression, the creative energy of the New Deal, the adventure of pioneering in Alaska, and the best and worst of our government and ordinary citizens in facing those extraordinary challenges.

Written By

Jim Fox

Producer

Paul Hill, Joan Juster

Cinematography

Carisa Kaplan

Editor

Mark Lipman

Themes

alaska

Production House

Juster Hill Productions

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Cast

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Narrator

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Crew

Paul Hill

Director, Writer, Producer

Joan Juster

Director, Writer, Producer

Mark Lipman

Writer, Editor

Jim Fox

Writer

Carisa Kaplan

Director of Photography

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