Project Description
HOMECOMING SONG (1×20’)
Documentary Short / WW2 History/ Culture
HOMECOMING SONG is a multi award-winning documentary short that tells the parallel stories of two men from different eras and the ancient song that connects them.
Many years ago Kaax’achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of Southeast Alaska disappeared at sea, and was thought lost by his family and people.Three years later he returned with a song telling of his experiences. Years later, a young First Nations man named Pete Sidney went off to fight in WW2. When he came back after being away for six years, his mother Angela sang this song for him. Available in English, French and German (subtitled).
