Films by Chad Kister

Caribou People

A film about the Gwich'in People shot during Kister's 4th expedition throughout the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic, Mostly in the words of the Gwich'in and Inupiat Peoples:

Part 1        Part 2        Part 3        Part 4

Kister is working on a film based on his first expedition through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 1991, the subject of his first book, Arctic Quest.  Kister backpacked 700 miles through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and lived off the land eating roots, berries, greens and fish.

These are videos in Kister's efforts to protect Dysart Woods, among the last of the .004 percent of old growth forest left in Ohio

National Public Television: Part 1      National Public Television: Part 2

This is a film about the Tongass National Forest, the subject of an upcoming book by Kister:  Tongass Short Film

Here is a presentation about the Tongass National Forest, America's largest old growth forest, in Flint Michigan:

Part 1    Part 2    Part 3    Part 4    Part 5    Part 6    Part 7

Video of police repression at the G-20 demonstrations in Pittsburgh:  Part 1    Part 2    Part 3

Polar Bear Survival Tour about climate change in Chicago:  Part 1    Part 2    Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6   Part 7

Arctic Melting book tour Berkeley California:  Part 1    Part 2   Part 3

Caribou People (older version):  Part 1