First Across the Line

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Next episode of First Across the Line is about Arctic Sports. Tues. July 21st on APTN
The Arctic Winter Games is an international celebration of circumpolar sports and indigenous culture, showcasing traditional Arctic and modern athletics. We join young athletes, Emily King, Matthew Jacobson, and Kuduat Shorty of Team Yukon,
as they compete and recount what they aspire to in these circumpolar Olympics. Arctic Games official Donald Kuptana, speaks about the history of the sport and what it means to be a part of it. Trailblazer Johnny Issaluk has competed for many years, making his mark as an athlete, a mentor to youth, and as an actor.

Director Spotlight : Felix Atencio-Gonzales who directed Episode 11- Long Distance Running of First Across the Line

Felix Atencio-Gonzales, a Quechwa native from Peru, immigrated to Canada over 20 years ago. He lives in Listuguj, Quebec where he works as a journalist, translator and community organizer. Felix has directed episodes for the television series, “Eastern Tide”, about Canada’s Aboriginal people, with an emphasis on the Mi’gmaq, as well as several episodes of the Mushkeg produced series, “Finding Our Talk”.
His film, “Mama Coca: The Sacred Leaf”, about the sacred and medicinal uses of the coca plant, was winner of the Planet in Focus Mark Haslam Award (2008). In 2014, he wrote, shot and edited a documentary about the cultural, social and spiritual relationship of the Mi’gmaq people of Listuguj and the salmon, commissioned by Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Center in Listuguj. In 2015-16, he was the researcher, soundman and translator on the APTN/Knowledge network series “Connected”, produced by Productions Vic Pelletier. The series was about indigenous peoples in Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Chile