Alaska Far Away

Synopsis

'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.

Main Cast

Peter Coyote

Narrator

Age : 82 | Popularity : 14%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music Score Producer	Richard Koldewyn
	Sound Mixer	Bob Edwards
	Sound Editor	Chris Gridley
	Music Supervisor	Peter Dunne
Directing	Director	Paul Hill Joan Juster
Production	Producer	Paul Hill Joan Juster
Writing	Writer	Paul Hill Joan Juster Jim Fox Mark Lipman
Editing	Editor	Mark Lipman
Camera	Director of Photography	Carisa Kaplan
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