Yukon filmmaker lauded in Alaska
A Whitehorse Star Archive story originally published December 19, 2003
The Elvis Project , a documentary film by Yukon filmmaker Adam Green, has received a prestigiousaward at the Anchorage Film Festival. The Golden Oosik Award was handed out in the documentary category.

The Elvis Project has also been selected for a number of high-profile film festivals in the United States over the next eight months.

“It was a hit,” Green, the film’s producer, said in a statement Thursday.
“The people of Anchorage became caught up in the movie and they were happy to demonstrate their support by honking horns and yelling encouragement from their car windows as we walked down the street. The reaction was much bigger than we expected.”

The Yukon-made film documents the life on the road of Tagish Elvis and his band, The Armageddon Angels, as they tour Yukon communities playing for an eclectic and appreciative audience.
The Elvis Project is destined to thrill more American audiences in the months to come when it screens at four high-profile film festivals in the Lower 48.

Confirmed showings for The Elvis Project to date are:
• February 2004, Miami Film Festival;
• March 2004, Los Angles Film Festival;
• April 2004, New York Independent Film and Video Festival; and
• July 2004, Las Vegas Film Festival.

The Yukon film industry is growing in a number of perspectives. Apart from the many commercials,
documentaries and short films made here by Outside producers, locally-made films such as The Elvis Project are gaining deserved attention and accolades from international audiences, the territorial government said in the statement.