Cruise Boom Film Now on PBS
Film made in Sitka Receives National Exposure
Nestled between glacial mountains and an island-studded sea, Sitka, Alaska is home of the Lingit Aani (Tlingit) and a large small boat family fishery. In the face of a surge in global tourism, “Cruise Boom” follows residents grappling with benefits, impacts and what they can control, raising questions about who beneftis from tourism, how much torrism is enough, and what it means to be a visitor.
Learn more about the film at https://www.pbs.org/show/cruise-boom-a-community-on-the-cusp-of-change/.
Sitka-based filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein’s latest documentary, Cruise Boom, premieres nationwide on September 14 on PBS. The national debut culminates years of work on the part of Frankenstein and her co-director Atman Mehta, who explored both the potential benefits, and the possible downsides, of the explosive growth of cruise tourism in Sitka. The film will air on KTOO television at 7 p.m. Sunday, September 15. It can be streamed online at pbs.org. To learn about other ways to view the film, visit the Artchange, Inc. website.
