In the News

  1. Protest performance art
  2. Meet the Arctic Ground squirrel
  3. Young People’s Stories on Climate Change and Climate Justice
  4. Fairbanks NAACP and Parks and Recreation offer free public showing of “Till”
  5. Director of new film “Till” got her start in Fairbanks
  6. Filmmaking course hopes to create ‘narrative sovereignty’ for Alaska Natives
  7. To Continue or Be Remembered: Perpetuating and Sharing Alaska Native Arts (November, 2019)
  8. Film showcase puts spotlight on student works at University of Alaska Fairbanks . October, 2019.
  9. “Molly of Denali” Producer Has New Mexico Ties
  10. PODCAST with Richard Eeds, KTRC, New Mexico. July 2019. 
  11. Producer with Santa Fe roots working on PBS animated series
  12. Children’s Hour Radio Interview from Sunspot Solar Studios,
  13. Native American animated series has New Mexico ties
  14. Unbound art: Native visions of appropriation
  15.  Film program director aims to open doors
  16. Film showcase puts spotlight on student works at University of Alaska Fairbanks . October, 2019.
  17. “Filmmakers fear industry stagnation with Sen. Stoltze’s tax repeal”.
  18. “On Location: ALASKA”
  19. “Absence of Arctic ice affecting weather, global warming”
  20. “Alaskaland, the Movie”, 2011, July 17.
  21. “Legislature considers extending tax credits for Filmmakers”. (2011, February 15).
  22. “Cameras could start rolling for new Film Major”. (2011, February 8).
  23. “Film schooled”. (2011, February 10)
  24. “‘Whale’ of an impact: Estimate credits 1,300 jobs, $16.5 million to film”. 2011.
  25. “U.S. Proposes to Categorize Ringed and Bearded Seals as ‘Threatened’”. Featured video. (2010, December 5).
  26. “Film Fest shows ‘Different Angles of Life’ (2010, December 14)

Risking arrest for performance art

Credits of the Arctic Ground Squirrel video project produced by NOVA by Kavitha George.
Additional footage provided by UAF Theatre and Film Department

https://www.pbs.org/video/meet-arctic-ground-squirrel-rcu5di/


Jokela, Timo, and Maya Salganek. “Young Peoples’ Stories on Climate Change and Climate Justice.” UArctic – Shared Voices, May 2023.

Young People's Stories on Climate Change and Climate Justice. An Indigenous person dances in front of a waterfall.

Maya Salganek, Associate Professor -UAF Department of Theatre and Film speaks about the film “Till” by Chinonye Chukwu and the free community screening with the NAACP.

https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2023/02/25/fairbanks-naacp-parks-recreation-offer-free-public-showing-till/


The director of the recently-released movie “Till,” Chinonye Chukwu, studied film at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Chinonye Chukwu produced her first feature film in 2012 when she was a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her professor, Maya Salganek, said …

Director Chinonye Chukwu speaks to actor Jalyn Hall, who plays Emmett, on the set of “Till.” (Lynsey Weatherspoon/Orion Pictures)
Director Chinonye Chukwu speaks to actor Jalyn Hall, who plays Emmett, on the set of “Till.” (Lynsey Weatherspoon/Orion Pictures)
KUAC-Fairbanks, Robyne. “Director of New Film ‘Till’ Got Her Start in Fairbanks.” Alaska Public Media, November 2022.
https://alaskapublic.org/2022/11/07/director-of-new-film-till-got-her-start-in-fairbanks/

Filmmaking course hopes to create ‘narrative sovereignty’ for Alaska Natives

UAF and Native Movement collaborate to train Indigenous storytellers

Juneau Empire, Wednesday August 18, 2021

To Continue or Be Remembered: Perpetuating and Sharing Alaska Native Arts (November, 2019)

Film Premiere at the Morris Thompson Visitor Center and on KUAC-TV as part of the Alaska Federation of Natives public events in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Presentation and public discussion with Film Director, Maya Salganek; Director of the Native Arts Center, Da-ka-xeen Mehner; and Carver and Tradition Bearer, Kathleen Carlo-Kendall.

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Poster for KUAC airing announcement for “To Continue or be Remembered” film presentation.

“Molly of Denali” Producer Has New Mexico Ties

 

Published on Jul 19, 2019

 
July 19, 2019 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales talks with producer Maya Salganek about a new PBS KIDS series about a 10-year-old Alaska Native girl, called “Molly of Denali.” The show weaves together literacy skills and Native values. It’s the first nationally distributed children’s television series to feature a Native American lead character. Salganek was born and raised in Santa Fe.
 
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PODCAST with Richard Eeds, KTRC, New Mexico. July 2019. 

Producer with Santa Fe roots working on PBS animated series

Producer with Santa Fe roots working on PBS animated series _ Local News _ santafenewmexican.comMayaSalganek-Cover New Mexican SAF


Children’s Hour Radio Interview from Sunspot Solar Studios,

Albuquerque, NM. July 9, 2019. Hosted by Katie Stone. 

Molly of Denali talks with her mother.

We talk with Maya Salganek, a producer at the groundbreaking PBS Kids show, Molly of Denali, along with her son Kéet, one of the children in the series. The animated TV program promotes early childhood literacy and multicultural diversity and is the first PBS’s animated series starring a Native American character, where every indigenous character is voiced by an indigenous actor, and Native people are working in all aspects of the production and writing. Molly of Denali premiers on PBS stations around the nation on July 15, 2019.

The Children’s Hour is free for public radio stations nationwide.


Native American animated series has New Mexico ties
ADRIAN GOMEZ /ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 at 11:45pm
Unbound art: Native visions of appropriation

Pasatiempo magazine, Santa Fe New Mexican.

February 23, 2018.  Retrieved from: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/unbound-art-native-visions-of-appropriation/article_1d5a865b-9708-5e39-b1fc-f55df897828c.html

Unbound art_ Native visions of appropriation _ Art _ santafenewmexican.com


 Film program director aims to open doors
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Maya Salganek directs students and actors on set of “Bodies of Water”, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Fairbanks Daily Newsminer. Matt Buxton Updated Nov 7, 2016


“Filmmakers fear industry stagnation with Sen. Stoltze’s tax repeal”.

Regan, Kevin. (2015, February 21). KTOO Public Media. Retrieved from http://www.ktoo.org/2015/02/21/filmmakers-fear-industry-stagnation-sen-stoltzes-tax-repeal/


“On Location: ALASKA”

Sorrentino, Scott. “On Location: ALASKA”. Produced By May-June 2014: 72-76.


(Chausse, Amy. (2012, January 31.) “Film Tax Incentive program speaks to Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce”. CBS News 13. News broadcast, Fairbanks, Alaska.


“Absence of Arctic ice affecting weather, global warming”

Hollenhorst, John. (2011, November 15). “Absence of Arctic ice affecting weather, global warming”. KSL

Television/ksl.com.  News broadcast, Salt Lake City, Utah. Archive retrieved from:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=18105863&title=absence-of-arctic-ice-affecting-weather-global-warming


“Alaskaland, the Movie”, 2011, July 17.

Shields, Matt. (2011, July 17). “Alaskaland, the Movie”. 49th Films Blog . Retrieved from

http://49thfilms.blogspot.com/2011/07/alaskaland-movie.html


“Legislature considers extending tax credits for Filmmakers”. (2011, February 15).

Demer, Lisa. (2011, February 15). “Legislature considers extending tax credits for Filmmakers”.

Anchorage Daily News.  Retrieved from: http://www.adn.com/2011/02/15/1704920/legislature-considers-extending.html


“Cameras could start rolling for new Film Major”. (2011, February 8).

Toman, Daniel (2011, February 8). “Cameras could start rolling for new Film Major”. University of Alaska

Fairbanks Sun Star.  Retrieved from : http://www.uafsunstar.com/?p=3188


“Film schooled”. (2011, February 10)

Christensen Scott (2011, February 10). “Film schooled”. Anchorage Press.  Retrieved from:

http://www.anchoragepress.com/news/article_606badf7-1a3d-53cc-8bd8-38c8f31312e0.html


“‘Whale’ of an impact: Estimate credits 1,300 jobs, $16.5 million to film”. 2011.

Anchorage Economic Development Corporation . 2011. “‘Whale’ of an impact: Estimate credits 1,300 jobs, $16.5 million to film”.

Retrieved from: http://www.aedcweb.com/component/content/article/1/478-whale-of-an-impact-estimatecredits-1300-jobs-165-million-to-film.html


Sundt, Nick. (2010, December 5). “U.S. Proposes to Categorize Ringed and Bearded Seals as ‘Threatened’”. World Wildlife Foundation Climate Blog.  Featured video. Retrieved from: http://www.wwfblogs.org/climate/content/ringed-andbearded-seals-threatened3dec2010


“Film Fest shows ‘Different Angles of Life’ (2010, December 14)

Schrock, Jeremia. (2010, December 14) “Film Fest shows ‘Different Angles of Life’”. University of Alaska

Fairbanks Sun Star.  Retrieved from: http://www.uafsunstar.com/?p=2397#4