Filmmaker Andrew Walton talks with P.O.V. about making his film "Arctic Son" which follows a father and son reunited after almost 25 years apart.
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Filmmaker Andrew Walton talks with P.O.V. about making his film "Arctic Son" which follows a father and son reunited after almost 25 years apart.
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Q: So Andrew describe this film for someone who hasn't seen it.
WALTON: ARCTIC SON is, I guess a redemption story, if I was going to use one word. The film follows a father and son who have been estranged for the better part of about twenty years. They are reunited because the son is getting into some trouble and the father wants to try to straighten him out. And the film really follows their journey, uh, getting to know each other again and.... And then once they've gotten to know each other, the ups and downs that a lot of fathers and sons have in their relationship.
Q: How did you come to make this film? How did you meet Stanley, Jr. and what drew you to...to his story?
WALTON: Well ARCTIC SON kind of found me. The story sort of found me. I had been working in Old Crow for a number of years, uh, researching initially, a film about the drilling issue in the A...
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Suggested Intro: This week P.O.V.'s series producer Yance (Yan-cee) Ford talks with filmmaker Andrew Walton. Ford met up with Walton to talk about ARCTIC SON, a feature-length documentary film that follows a father and son as they reunite and reconnect above the arctic circle after a lifetime apart.
Suggested Outro: To learn more about ARCTIC SON, visit www.pbs.org/pov. There you can watch additional clips from the film and read more of this interview.
Additional Files
- Main Street, Old Crow (09_arcticson.jpg)
- Stan Sr. and Stan Jr. (01_arcticson.jpg)
- Yukon Territory, Canada (10_arcticson.jpg)
- Director Andrew Walton & Crew (13_arcticson.jpg)
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