Project Description

Children of the Northern Lights is a FUTURESTATES film set in the future: Two astronauts on a prospecting mission to find a new supply of energy crash land on a distant planet, where alien beings offer a chance at a survival — but at a great cost.

Starring Michael Crane and Julienne Hanzelka Kim. Directed and Written by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean. Produced By
Cara Marcous. Co-Production of ITVS.

FUTURESTATES is part of PBS’s Independent Lens, an Emmy Award-winning television series showcasing independent documentaries made by ITVS-funded filmmakers. In FUTURESTATES, veteran and emerging filmmakers transform complex social issues into visions of our world in the decades to come.