{"id":6,"date":"2013-10-06T05:04:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T05:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mihoaida.com\/gwichin\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-01-26T02:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:50:00","slug":"watch-trailer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mihoaida.com\/gwichin\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Official Trailer: The Sacred Place Where Life Begins | Gwich&#039;in Women Speak [HD]\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wufjxoVO-D0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is one of America&#8217;s greatest wilderness. \u00a0This area is the birthing and nursing ground for the <span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Porcupine Caribou Herd, on which the Gwich\u2019in people, who are native to this region, have depended for millennia. \u00a0In their language, they call this land <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8220;<strong>The Sacred Place Where Life Begins.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0 Since 1986, this area has been threatened by oil and gas development. \u00a0In this short film, Gwich&#8217;in women speak out for their sacred land and\u00a0inspire audiences around the world to action.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Award and Recognition:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The 2018 NOLS Alumni Achievement Award<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shiftjh.org\/2017-shift-award-official-selections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The 2017\u00a0SHIFT Adventure Athlete Award<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cifff.wikispaces.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2015 Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival First Place Documentary Film<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthportfilm.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The <em>2014 Earth Port Film Festival\u00a0<\/em>Audience Choice Award<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/festival.aifisf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The 2013 American Indian Film Festival<\/em>\u00a0<em>Nominee for Best Documentary Short<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Official selection:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bhrff.webs.com\/2019-festival-schedule\"><em>The 2019 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearethearctic.org\/action\/sacred-place-where-life-begins-gwichin-women-speak\">The 2016 We Are The Arctic campaign &#8211; watch the film online now<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/laskinsfest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2015 LA Skins Film Festival<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultureunplugged.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2015 Green Unplugged Online Film Festival<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwocmap.org\/festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2015 Queer Women of Color Film Festival<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cifff.wikispaces.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2015 Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/peaceonearthfilmfestival.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2015 Peace on Earth Film Festival<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org\/on-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><em>The 2015 Wild and Scenic Film Festival On Tour<\/em><\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><em>The 2015 Wild and Scenic Film Festival<\/em><\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilderness50th.org\/conference.php?useraction=conf-gala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 50th Anniversary National Wilderness Conference Film Gala<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/peacefilmfest.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The 2014 Global Peace Film Festival<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mihoaida.com\/gwichin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u6620\u753b\u7d39\u4ecb.pdf\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u6620\u753b\u7d39\u4ecb<\/a><\/p><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mihoaida.com\/gwichin\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/mihoaida.com\/gwichin\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"https:\/\/mihoaida.com\/gwichin\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is one of America&#8217;s greatest wilderness. \u00a0This area is the birthing and nursing ground for the Porcupine Caribou Herd, on which the Gwich\u2019in people, who are native to this region, have depended for millennia. \u00a0In their language, they call this land &#8220;The Sacred Place &hellip; 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