Alone in the Wilderness

Name: Alone in the Wilderness
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2004-10-08
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Wendy Ishii, Bob Swerer Jr., Bob Swerer Sr., Dick Proenneke, Pamela Guest

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Release Date

10/8/2004

Runtime

57 mins

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Documentary History

Overview

Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

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Original Language

English

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A meditative portrait of one man's deliberate retreat from civilization, built from his own intimate footage of building shelter and living in profound solitude. It feels less like a survival story and more like a philosophical meditation on self-sufficiency and what it means to choose a life entirely on your own terms.