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And I heard from the co-writer that he was a great listener and collaborator. Scott’s respect for Tlingit culture, study of the language, and desire to learn about the people of this land all communicates that he’s invested in doing the most informed and heart-centered work. That’s the core of why I chose to work with Authentimedia: because I believe storytelling through film is his heart work, the best work of his life. And I want to support that.” — Wooshkindein Da.áat Lily Hope, Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/1610050712548-ZVPCAKO0EOE9KIBVAC2Q/sheli-delaney-headshot.jpg Testimonials - “Working with Scott Burton was simply one of the most positive experiences I have had in my career. He is an excellent mentor, a supportive colleague, a great friend, and even a considerate office mate. While working on a show that Scott produced, one thing I appreciated is that he would spend the time and effort to thoroughly learn any new processes so that he could clearly and efficiently teach them to me. As a colleague, he generously offered any opportunity for choice assignments to me and others instead of accepting them for himself. As a person he demonstrates a strong passion for social justice and the lifelong work of self-education, and vehemently denounces injustice in any form. Scott is a unique combination of warm, professional, skilled, funny, cheerful, and reliable, and I look forward to working with him again on future endeavors.” — Sheli DeLaney, Arts and Culture Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/1610566173279-NMDDWYPWBFI5XMZV65YS/lgeiki.jpg Testimonials - “My ability to work with Scott directly reflects his ability to teach students with kindness, compassion, and understanding for the culture of the land, and those Indigenous values instilled within the community. I look forward to future projects and continue to work with Kashóok' for many reasons, one being his ability to captivate the imagination of the students, and lead them into self-led projects with strong guidance and continues to give them tools to be successful in not only broadcasting and media projects but in meaningful projects surrounding their community and the voices they represent. 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Acne and angst. Osama got this version of me as a terrible teenage employee just right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/1652986867422-T8IIZJ8H655UGKOB91K5/scott_apple.jpg Earnest Drinker A cartoon boy with brown hair and a white shirt is holding a bitten red apple with a bite mark on the side, standing in a warehouse with shelves filled with boxes and an open window behind him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/80fa80bc-ac21-49c7-9a27-2dfee2b3fdaf/kick_trash.jpg Earnest Drinker A man looking at a spilled apple and other trash on the warehouse floor with shelves of boxes in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/885e59cb-c166-4ab7-a16b-0b45fd4463da/steal_beer.jpg Earnest Drinker An older teen taught me stealing beer Version 1.0. Bury the beer in the trash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/e00d50ef-514a-4257-99b8-7d4b6a6cbab4/trash.jpg Earnest Drinker Take out the trash, then retrieve it after work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/ef69ded1-1f8f-4b3c-9c8e-bf100fd195c1/swings.jpg Earnest Drinker And sit on the swings our parents and care providers once pushed us on as joyful children, and use them as bar stools at the tavern of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/50406e39-da9e-40f6-b6c5-7a09d8652958/jcf.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/dacb4856-66bb-4fa1-9e21-b735bcaee87d/jahc.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/6ed4be70-efb9-458c-8197-430d14d70795/post_booze.jpg Earnest Drinker My life post booze. (Illustration by Scott Burton) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/c9d13765-7b4a-4d90-a07c-a2e97bef9c4c/berries_multicam_v3.16_48_32_01.Still019.jpg Earnest Drinker After a series of serendipitous meetings with T’óok’ X̱oo Háni Alicia Maryott at lectures and on the trail, I saw her featured in Edible Alaska for her handmade, non-alcoholic drinks. (Screen capture from our September 19, 2023 kaxwéix̱ highbush cranberry harvesting session) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/910fc8a1-ef9c-44bb-abc8-f25ec0e48bc1/holly_book.jpg Earnest Drinker Holly Whitaker is the author of “Quit Like A Woman.” (Screen capture from our March 2, 2024 interview.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/e7e75d8f-6a9d-457d-9125-5a7778ccde7a/anna_raw_hands.jpg Earnest Drinker As a clinician or therapist, Anna Baylis says she is in a position of guiding people back to their authentic selves while helping them return to a more hopeful and balanced place in their life. “Mostly I help people just to rediscover or discover who they are or who they can become” says Baylis. (Screen capture from our February 18, 2023 interview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/bd8c4c15-0974-4307-885d-93b5cb0233dd/ruby_sobercurious.JPG Earnest Drinker Ruby Warrington is the author of “Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol.” (Screen capture from our October 2, 2023 interview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/1d8071b1-4fbe-4f49-b5b4-944a7265188d/shakhindustoow_multicamv3.10_57_09_04.Still001.jpg Earnest Drinker Shaaḵindustóow Ed Littlefield, Jay and I spent time in the studio creating a one-of-a-kind soundtrack. (Screen capture from our September 29, 2023 session at Studio A) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/175462ad-a827-4f3e-bbc5-7108335720d9/hall_raw.01_02_11_19.Still003.jpg Earnest Drinker Tiffany Hall is the Executive Director of Recover Alaska. We interviewed in her Anchorage office in February of 2023. Hall is a person in long-term recovery from co-occurring alcohol use and mental health disorders. She is a single mother to a daughter who is almost three, a daughter and a sister, an advocate and a poet and a feminist. (Screen capture from our February 21, 2023 interview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/7913e72e-73ec-451e-a5ff-e70548dde00c/daaljini_raw.00_31_21_03.Still008+%282%29.jpg Earnest Drinker Daaljíni Mary Folletti is one of the peer mentors in “Earnest Drinker.” (Screen capture from our May 27, 2022 interview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/f3f2e51c-0432-407b-9617-a87d7f877a1f/dana_4.jpg Earnest Drinker My medical provider, Dana Richards PA, told me “drinking is dreadfully bad for you.” Dana planted a seed that later turned into a break from alcohol. (Screen capture from our May 14, 2022 interview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/08c8eac7-00ef-4efb-b3c8-2831327cac8b/allison6.jpg Earnest Drinker My “turning point mentor” (working title) Allison Waid. (Screen capture from our February 12, 2022 interview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/bdb40c0d-ee67-476a-bc92-91daec4178eb/trash.jpg Earnest Drinker A depiction of me at age 15 retrieving stolen beer at the grocery store where I was a terrible teenage employee. Image by animator Osama Eldeeb of Cairo, Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f99bf77b263730a8a81eea8/d7580e82-241c-4a40-ac2b-0c52b338579b/scott_8_grad+%282%29.jpg Earnest Drinker The filmmaker at age 14, rocking pleated khakis and boat shoes on the way to eight grade graduation in suburban Portland, Oregon. Photo taken sometime around June of 1990. 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