Original Title: Alaskaland
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
USA
English
75 min
World Cinema
ReelWomen
Black Perspectives

Synopsis:
alaskaLand tells the story of Chukwuma, an Alaska-raised Nigerian struggling to balance his cultural heritage with the pressures of the larger world around him. After a family tragedy forces a two-year estrangement from his younger sister Chidinma, the siblings reconnect in their hometown. Although their time apart has created new frictions, they find their reconciliation bringing them closer to each other and to their roots in this gorgeous, knowing debut film.

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