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- After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
- On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
- The everyday struggles of living in the secluded state of Alaska where one wrong decision could cost you your life.
- Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embark on a grueling quest to motorbike from London to New York. Going east through Europe, Asia and then to Alaska, they experience different cultures and have to overcome the elements and adversity.
- The treacherous job of driving trucks over frozen lakes, also known as ice roads, in Canada's Northwest Territories and Alaska's improved but still remote Dalton Highway, which is mainly snow-covered solid ground.
- A morally ambiguous corporation experiments with genetic modification resulting in the creation of a man hunting creature. When it escapes, a group of unsuspecting cabin dwellers become its prey in a horrifying game of cat and mouse.
- A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
- After WW1, Zeb and Thor start a cannery business in Alaska but eventually they drift apart with Zeb becoming unscrupulous and Thor becoming involved in Alaskan politics.
- A widower dealing with his depression falls for an environmental activist.
- Buyers head to Alaska for adventure and possibly a new home. During the search, these home seekers discover everything the great state has to offer as they decide if living in America's Last Frontier is right for them.
- A woman, whose father dies, is left a trust fund tied to a mysterious name, unraveling a history of family, affairs, and life in Alaska. Based on true stories surrounding the building of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline.
- Told in Documentary form, the film depicts a group of five British film critics and politicians who venture off into the West Virginian wilderness in search of the "Tony Blair Witch" which may or may not be related to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- True life story of George Attla - famous Alaskan dog sled driver. The film shows the life of Attla as a young Athabaskan trapper living in the bush in Alaska and then in a TB sanitarium in town. He comes home with a fused knee too much cross cultural conflict, and goes on to find his way as a dog sled driver.
- A 2007 documentary film by Ron Lamothe about Christopher McCandless notable for coming to a different conclusion on McCandless's death than Sean Penn's film, Into the Wild, and Jon Krakauer's book, Into the Wild.
- Police departments across the state, experiencing chronic manpower shortages, must draw on officers from the lower 48 states to fight a rising crime rate; newcomers learn that, like everything else, policing is different in Alaska.
- TV SeriesA car dealership owner in Alaska who is more concerned about his TV commercials than his business has the responsibility of teaching his niece the ways of the world, yet ironically their roles are continually reversed.
- Sometimes the best day of your life is the worst day of your life.
- A sports television series hosted by Graham Bensinger and features interviews with notable athletes and sports legends.
- Truman Korovin is a lonely, sharp-witted cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1980. The usual routine of picking up fares and spending his nights at his favorite bar, the Boatel, is disrupted when his girlfriend, Emily, dumps him on one of the coldest nights of the year. After an acid trip, Truman winds up in the local loony bin. Imprisoned in a grueling therapy group, Truman gets re-acquainted with loonies who are his old cab fares, which includes a local stripper he has insulted more than once. In this world, Truman must find or lose himself.
- Rosalee Glass, a former Holocaust survivor taken prisoner to a Siberian gulag during WWII transforms her destiny. In her 80s she begins an acting career, in her 90s wins a Senior beauty pageant and dares to ride Alaskan Sled dogs at 100.
- A travelogue documentary detailing the travel routes in Alaska determined to be "Scenic Byways" by the Federal Government. The documentary begins in Valdez and follows the crew through most of the state. Detail is given to the historical relics of Alaska's rich mining history, archaeological evidence, geologic formations, and the modern fusion of Alaska's culture.
- A rural Arkansas (spelled "Arkensaw" in the film) town is besieged by extraterrestrial giant worms who reanimate dead bodies. A group of various individuals barricade themselves inside an old hotel while zombies and worms attack from all sides. Eventually the military is called in to quell the situation.
- The story of the explorers who climbed four of the world's tallest mountains, the Matterhorn, Mount McKinley (now called Denali), Mount Everest, and K2, first.
- After becoming the first person to ski the Seven Summits, team athlete Kit DesLauriers found herself searching for purpose beyond herself. And through an epic adventure of athleticism, survival, and conservation, she found it. Beyond the Summit explores her two weeks of traversing the arctic on skis, telling the story of a diminishing snowpack in one of the most pristine wilderness areas in the world-the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Rooted before the first Midnight Sun game in 1906, The Alaska Baseball League has been adding to Alaska's cultural and historical legacy, defined as much by its Alaskan existence as by its exceptionally high quality baseball.
- A bipolar woman conjures the mysticism of Alaska's wilderness to communicate with her deceased brother.
- Just a few days before his 50th birthday, Kevin Kline attempts to become the first person in history to run 300 miles on the Dalton Highway, with the ultimate goal of spreading greater awareness in finding a cure for pediatric cancer.
- A small band of survivors unwillingly add a new member to their quickly dwindling population, with disastrous results.
- The Story of one physicians struggle to erase the stigma and misunderstanding which confronts his opiate addicted patients in Alaska. The prejudice bleeds over into the lives of those here sees in chronic pain, even though they are not addicted to these medications. After embarking on an effort to expose the corruption of the system in Alaska, forces beyond his control bear down on him, the documentary project and his clinical Operation. A corrupt federal agent best known for framing the late senator Ted Stephens mysteriously shows up on the scene disrupting the entire medical practice.
- This entry in the Traveltalks series looks at Alaska. Fairbanks and Skagway are seen, as well as Mount McKinley (now known as Denali).
- The Yukon is synonymous with wilderness, the gold rush, and also the toughest sled dog race in the world: The Yukon Quest. The series follows 7 dog teams as they attemps the 1000 mile race from Whitehorse, Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska. Enormous challenges face the competitors: Four mountain summits, glaciers, overflowing rivers and lakes, wild animal encounters, six hours of daylight and temperature falling below -50 degrees Celsius. This race is not for the faint of heart and has been completed by fewer men and women than have climbed Mount Everest. It attracts only the most experienced and adventurous competitors from around the world.
- A group of wayward astronauts returning from a long mission to Ganymede crash land on a planet very much like earth. The problem is that the mysterious inhabitants are murderous lunatics out to kill every one of them... or so it seems.
- An estranged Nigerian-American brother and sister are forced to reconnect in their hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Conrad is a vet in his late twenties who is finally settling into life at a slow pace. He teaches a high school class and befriends some of the youths. While Conrad can sometimes be quite abrasive, the students enjoy him. He is contented with life, when quite suddenly, his circumstances change for the worse.
- After a night of partying goes awry, a young man must decide between saving the innocent and saving himself. Do the ends always justify the means?
- A young private investigator with secrets of her own must solve the murder of a college student while evading her colleagues and battling a severe medical condition.
- A visit to interesting and historic cemeteries across the USA.
- The film is a tribute to the often-invisible strength, courage, and heart of Mothers.
- How a well established and widespread industry collapsed so quickly due to technical advances in broadband internet; and the impact to local communities as exemplified by Blockbuster.
- Raised by her Nan, Aurora, or Rory for short, inherits her dad's mysterious "snow things" after his death. His friend offers advice. Will Rory sell them, or embrace her dad's snowy passion?
- Extreme Vacations is a luxury adventure travel show that brings you to some of the most fascinating destinations on the planet. Told through eyes of host Pam Glennon, the half hour documentary travel series brings you on an informational and personal journey to understand the stories, cultures, and excitement of places people only dream of vacationing at. See spectacular accommodations and resorts, view incredible sites, and take a walk on the dangerous side as we take on some of the most thrilling and exhilarating activities known to man.
- A theater-obsessed college student goes to extreme lengths to get into the mind of her character. Her commitment scares her dad into believing that she is suicidal and pushes him to try to save her from herself.
- The Cosmic Space Ninja has been damned to a thousand years of forced labor on the surface of the dismal planet of Chernobourg. His captor is the maniacle Birsk, who schemes to enslave the entire universe. The Cosmic Space Ninja is quick to escape and flee to the countryside, where he must rely on his wits to survive bands of warring barbarians as well as Birsk's pursuing evil minions. All the while, he must construct some sort of plan with which to escape from the planet.
- Instructor Dr. Tara Maginnis describes the entire process of applying the makeup effect as she demonstrates in real time.
- A man decides he must travel with his toddler through a dangerous and war-torn landscape to find perhaps the last person remaining who hasn't taken a side in the apocalyptic conflict between two violent factions.
- "Bodies of Water" is an exploration into loss, grief, guilt, and the confrontation of fear. The story follows Leona, a young woman who fails to prevent a tragedy. After her guilt drives her from home, she becomes involved with a vaudevillian performance troupe, through which she confronts her darkest fears. Film Alumnae, Adrina Knutson, wrote the screenplay, "Bodies of Water" her final semester at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Adrina was tragically killed in a car accident in Tanzania while working on a documentary film in 2012. Faculty, students, alumni, and Adrina's family collaborated to produce this film project in her memory. The film is produced and directed by Maya Salganek, Associate Professor of Film/Video Arts in conjunction with current UAF Film students and support from the Department of Theatre/Film at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Film Reel Alaska Mentorship Experience - Film Production Training Program, and the Alaska Center for Documentary Film.
- This educational short demonstrates how important the state of Alaska is by showing the many valuable resources it provides.