Tickets for this FREE community event are now available at the Bear Tooth Box Office only. This presentation is brought to you by Spenard Second Saturday and hosted at the Bear Tooth Theatrepub. Saturday September 14th @ 11:00am.

What’s the Topic:

From the Gold Rush to Star Wars Inspiration to Hallmark: Alaska Representation in a Century of Movies

For over a century, filmmakers have used Alaska. They took the landscape and stories and carried them Outside to sell tickets and make money. Sometimes they tried to make it accurate. More often they failed, in ways alternatingly silly and insulting. But the larger pattern of representation illustrates something real, what people elsewhere thought of Alaska and Alaskans. Follow the history of Alaska movies with a presentation overflowing with rare clips and trailers. After the show, browse the exclusive YouTube playlist to learn more.

Who’s the Historian:

David Reamer is an academic and public scholar interested in the intersections of social justice, history, and community construction. David is the co-author, with Dr. Ian Hartmann, of the book Black Lives in Alaska: An African American History of the Far Northwest, published in 2022 by University of Washington Press. His other publications include journal and magazine articles on topics ranging from Jewish Alaska history to baseball to waffles, and his “Histories of Anchorage” series appears weekly in the Anchorage Daily News. Current research topics include the presentation of history on social media and early LGBT+ history in Alaska. Find him on Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, and Threads at @ANC_Historian.

 Spenard 2nd Saturday is a volunteer-led neighborhood initiative with the mission to celebrate local businesses, champion the creatives, and give back to the community. Learn more and stay up to date at spenard2ndsaturday.com