Songs from the Tundra is a lyric journey through the awkward modernity of the Even people of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia’s most remote frontier. The film unfolds in a series of native Even songs belonging to a forgotten generation. As they sing of hunters and herders, the Evens attempt to recreate their mythic past in a reindeer camp at the foot of the Alney volcano. But hearth alone cannot be home. The Evens must leave their reindeer on a truly fearsome beast. Student Film.
berman@fas.harvard.edu
Awards: Harvard University Sensory Ethnography Festival 2009
Provincetown Intl. Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize student competition) 2009
Woods Hole Film Festival (Nominated Best Short Doc) 2009
Naperville Intl. Film Festival 2009
Country:
Russian Federation
Country:
United States
Running Time:
24 Minutes
Release Date:
2009
Director(s):
Alexander Berman
Screening(s):
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 12:35pm 
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