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Photos: Re-enacting an important moment in Alaska history
Posted: Monday, March 24, 2008
Top, actors Allan Hayton, second from right, and Diane Benson, right, as Roy and ElizabethPeratrovich, receive applause at the Capitol on Sunday duringfilming of a re-enactment ofElizabeth's testimony in 1945 to the Alaska Territoial Senate. Left, Producer/Director Jeffry Silverman talks to castmembers during filming at the Capitol. The one-hour documentary, "For the Rights of All," follows the civil-rights movement inAlaska. The final project willinclude re-enactments, historic footage, photographs andinterviews with Native elders. Funding for the project came from The Rasmuson Foundation and Native American Public Telecommunications.
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