Films
Read below about the TracingThought Films that are currently in production, made possible by individuals like you.
Documentaries are based on local and indigenous people's points of view and presented without bias.
Documentary: Hila Kihimi
Translation: “But the weather”
Location: Northwest Greenland
About: In the Northernmost, continually inhabited settlement on Earth, Inughuit people in Greenland still survive using traditional hunting methods perfected over millennia.
Today, this way of life is rapidly evolving with globalization and weather changes.
The film portrays this transition through the eyes of the last generation of hunters who have a foothold in the past and are surviving the present.
This TracingThought documentary is 100% backed by individuals across the globe via Patreon and Kickstarter.
Sponsors have included:
The Arctic Arts Project, Canon U.S.A., NEMO Equipment, NiSi Optics, Zeal Optics
The Team: Ashlei Payne of TracingThought, with Talor Stone of Talor Stone Photography, is producing this female-led documentary film and photo series.
Ashlei is the director, cinematographer, and editor of this film. She has experience filming and photographing with indigenous communities across the globe: conducting her work ethically with indigenous consent and compensation.
Talor is an Executive Producer, professional landscape photographer, and Ph.D. researcher specializing in the Arctic region. Her Ph.D. research helps to ensure information is fact-based.
Documentary: Untitled
Location: West Kalimantan
About: In 2021 Ashlei of TracingThought Productions made a short film about a Dayak community living deep in the jungle of Western Borneo.
She was adopted into a tribe and saw the battles natives faced with palm oil tycoons firsthand.
But this story needs a bigger spotlight, therefore TracingThought Productions is working on a feature film. This feature-length documentary and photo series follows a five-year relationship with a very unique Dayak tribe and their fight to protect their land, traditions and rights to the forest.
This film is 100% backed by individuals across the globe via Patreon.
The Team: Ashlei is the producer, cinematographer and editor of this film. She has experience filming and photographing with indigenous communities across the globe: conducting her work ethically with indigenous consent and compensation.
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