Back of Beyond - Nick
Looking for work, traveled more than 5,500 miles from his birthplace in Trinidad, and found home on the North Slope of Alaska.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester: https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Back of Beyond - Andrew
The sole paramedic in an outback town of 100. Responsible for the lives of anyone wandering into the vast desert region of the Munga-Thirri (Simpson Desert) national park.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester: https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
E-flat Cornet Solo: Kirk Knuffke: https://www.kirkknuffke.com/
Back of Beyond - Robert
A young Iñupiat man from the North Slope of Alaska dreams about whaling and his people's traditions.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester:https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Back of Beyond - Nell
A strong mother who found solace in her small Australian Outback community during a time of family tragedy.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester: https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Solo Cornet: Kirk Knuffke
https://www.kirkknuffke.com/
Back of Beyond - Lyndall
Looking for adventure, left her home in Florida for the northern most community in the USA - on the edge of the Arctic Ocean.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester
https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Back of Beyond - Don
A descendant of the Watti Watti family and a Wangkangurru Yarluyandi Elder who was forced into the cattle industry before becoming the park ranger of his people's traditional land.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester: https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Solo Cornet: Kirk Knuffke
https://www.kirkknuffke.com/
Back of Beyond - Lyndall
Leaving the heat of Montgomery, Alabama for the wilds of Alaska, and the edge of the world.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester: https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Back of Beyond - Dusty
A baker of camel pies and purveyor of coffee at a bakery on the boundary of a red desert. A staunch lover of the Outback who has found purpose in a remote lifestyle.
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about life on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
Project by Sam Nester: https://samnester.com/
Footage: Joe Morgan
Solo Cornet: Kirk Knuffke
https://www.kirkknuffke.com/