Arctic Requiem: The Story of Luke Cole and Kivalina
a new play by
Sharmon J Hilfinger, music by Joan McMillen
Directed by Tracy Ward
October 23 - November 15, 2015, Z Below, San Francisco, CA
Luke Cole:
San Francisco founder of the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
A giant in the Environmental Justice Movement
Kivalina:
An Inupiat Eskimo Village on a small barrier reef island in Alaska
Polluted by the world’s largest zinc mine
Ravaged by the effects of melting ice and vicious storms
The Story:
Of seeking justice, battling racism
Of unlikely friendships
Of transformations, mythical and modern
