Red Carpet Concert: David Sumiq Russell-Jensen

The latest Celebration Sessions Red Carpet Concert video features Juneau writer David Sumiq Russell-Jensen perfoming his poem “Kei nalnúkdzi Kax’át’,” which means ripening berries. He recites it in Tlingit, then in English. The video was  in a studio shared by Rico Worl and Christy NaMee Eriksen who curated the eight-part series.

The Celebration Sessions Red Carpet Concerts are a collaboration between KTOO, Kindred Post and Trickster Company. Watch other Red Carpet Concerts with Lily HopeChantil Dukart and Stephen Qacung Blanchett.

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