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Filmmaker Name: Luke Griswold-Tergis, Cory Mann
Film Length: 80 min
Film Year: 2011
Duration: 76-90 min
Decade: 2010s
Language: in English and Tlingit
Subtitle Language: Spanish, French, German, Italian subtitles
Color: color
Closed-captioned: closed-captioned
Region: North America
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ABOUT

Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat.

By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin' Fish tells the story of one man's attempts to navigate the messy zone of collision between the modern world and an ancient culture.

“A very approachable film, beautifully shot, with a knockout soundtrack.”
— Kirk Dombrowski, American Anthropologist 2013

“without pretense… thoroughly fresh, funny, wise, and sweet.” 

“a relevant, respectful and hip look at the continuing story of Southeast Alaska, as cultures come together, mix and create something entirely new.” 
— Richard Radford, Capital City Weekly


SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Special Mention, ESPIELLO Film Festival, Spain, 2014
Festival Winner, University of British Columbia Ethnographic Film Festival, Canada, 2014
Judges Best, People's Choice, Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, 2013
Best Doc, Montreal First Peoples Film Fest,  2012
Best Doc, Arizona International Film Fest, 2012
Audience Award, Cowichan International Film Fest, 2012

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SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Espiello International Ethnographic Documentary Festival, Spain, 2014
ETHNOCINECA, Austria, 2014
The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, USA, 2014
VERZIO International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Hungary, 2014
Festival Ciné Alter'Natif, France, 2013
Arlington International Film Festival, USA, 2013
Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, 2013
Black Hills Fim Festival, South Dakota, USA, 2013
FICG28 - Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, 2013
41st Recontre Cinematographique de Digne-Les-Bains, France, 2013
Black Hills Film Festival, USA, 2013
Gothenburg Film Fest 2013
Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Hungary, 2013
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, 2012
Available Light Film Fest, Canada, 2012
Cowichan International Film Fest, Canada, 2012
Salem Documentary Film Fest, 2012
DOXA, Canada, 2012
Port Townsend Film Festival, 2012
Festival International Jean Rouch, 2012
IDFA, 2011
Mill Valley International 2011
Hawaii International 2011
Montreal First Peoples (Terres en Vue) Film Festival, 2011
Anchorage International 2011
American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2011
Society for Visual Anthropology 2011

Smokin' Fish

Directed by 
Luke Griswold-Tergis
Cory Mann

Cast
Cory Mann 

Produced by 
Luke Griswold-Tergis
Juliya Obukhovskaya
Jed Riffe
Tracy Wares

Cinematography by 
Luke Griswold-Tergis

Editing by 
Maureen Gosling

Second Unit Director
Holly Gray
Manolo Turri

Sound Department 
Paul James Zahnley

Stunts 
Ganesha Howell
Joey Jacobson
Manolo Turri

Camera and Electrical Department 
Holly Gray
Manolo Turri

Editorial Department 
Manolo Turri

Other crew 
Chad Mathis

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