Sitka tourism documentary 'Cruise Boom' to debut on PBS

Sitka tourism documentary ‘Cruise Boom’ to debut on PBS

Summer tourists in Sitka, seen in the documentary “Cruise Boom.” (Courtesy ArtChange, Inc.) https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240912104821-10CRUISEBOOM.mp3 Sitka-based filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein’s latest documentary, “Cruise Boom,” premieres nationwide Saturday on PBS. The national debut culminates years of work on the part of Frankenstein and her co-director Atman Mehta, who explored both the potential benefits and downside…

Sitka tourism documentary 'Cruise Boom' to debut on PBS

Summer tourists in Sitka, seen in the documentary “Cruise Boom.” (Courtesy ArtChange, Inc.) Sitka-based filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein’s latest documentary, “Cruise Boom,” premieres nationwide Saturday on PBS. The national debut culminates years of work on the part of Frankenstein and her co-director Atman Mehta, who explored both the potential benefits and downsides of cruise tourism’s explosive growth in Sitka. Frankenstein and Mehta began film…