On the Ice
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On the Ice is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean. The film is set in Utqiagvik, Alaska, MacLean's home town, and follows two Iñupiat teenagers who, while on a se
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Josiah Patkotak
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Josiah Aullaqsruaq Patkotak is an Iñupiaq politician from Alaska. He also played the lead role in Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's On the Ice.
On the Ice
…Sundance Film Festival. Three friends head out on the ice to hunt seal, but a fight breaks out, and one is killed. The two remaining friends, Qalli (Josiah Patkotak) and Aivaaq (Frank Qutuq Irelan), report the death as an accident out of fear and panic. As the Iñupiat community in isolated Utqiagvik, Alaska is close…
Patkotak on July 31, 2024