Independent Lens · SEASON 25
One With the Whale
Episode 15 · 2024-04-22

- Documentary
Episode overview
Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence. When a shy Alaska Native teen becomes the youngest person ever to harpoon a whale for his village, his family is blindsided by thousands of keyboard activists brutally attacking him online—without full perspective on the importance of the hunt to his community's well-being.
78 minutes
Season 25 episodes
1. Sansón and Me2023-09-19
2. El Equipo2023-10-09
3. Three Chaplains2023-11-06
4. A Town Called Victoria | Episode 12024-02-20
5. A Town Called Victoria | Episode 22024-02-20
6. A Town Called Victoria | Episode 32024-02-20
7. Beyond Utopia2024-01-09
8. Racist Trees2024-01-22
9. Razing Liberty Square2024-01-29
10. Sister Úna Lived a Good Death2024-02-05
11. Breaking the News2024-02-19
12. Greener Pastures2024-03-25
13. A Thousand Pines2024-04-01
14. Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s2024-04-08
15. One With the Whale2024-04-22
16. Space: The Longest Goodbye2024-05-06
17. The Tuba Thieves2024-05-07