Sealaska heritage institute's "tlingit macbeth: celebrating indigenous films project" will allow staff to edit raw footage of the 2007 performance of the play (performed by an all-native cast and…

The Sealaska Heritage Institute received a $115,083 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311) to complete the "Tlingit Macbeth: Celebrating Indigenous Films" project. The project will allow Sealaska Heritage Institute staff to edit raw footage of the 2007 all-Native cast performance of the play "Tlingit Macbeth" (primarily in the Tlingit language) into a feature film. The completed film will premiere at Celebration 2024 as the main feature of a film festival, and then be made available to the public on DVD. The project will celebrate the unique contributions of the Alaska Native community in creating the Tlingit Macbeth production and honor the memory of key contributors like translator Johnny Marks. It will also debut a juried film show component at the festival to highlight Native filmmakers, with the winning short films receiving awards.

Sealaska heritage institute's "tlingit macbeth: celebrating indigenous films project" will allow staff to edit raw footage of the 2007 performance of the play (performed by an all-native cast and primarily in the tlingit language), into a feature film to be premiered at celebration 2024 as the main feature of a film festival, then made available to the public on DVD. The project will celebrate and share the unique contributions made by members of the alaska native community that worked so hard to create tlingit macbeth, and also honor their memory, such as the translator johnny marks who has since 'walked into the forest.' the project will also debut a juried film show component at the festival, which will highlight native filmmakers where the winning short films will be presented with an award ceremony. "tlingit macbeth: celebrating indigenous films" will address the need for representation of alaska native characters, cultures, and languages in contemporary media, but also alaska native representation of directors and filmmakers.