New documentary 'Dear Alaska' looks at reconnecting with ancestral land

What does it mean to reconnect to one's ancestral homeland?

Thursday on Midday Edition, we hear from the director of a new documentary, "Dear Alaska," which explores reconnection and interconnection through the lens of the Indigenous Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest and San Diego's Native community.

Then, the Old Globe is currently staging a new adaptation of Herman Melville's 1853 short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener." KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando sits down with the playwrights.

Guests:

• Moriah Hayes/Keeyées Tláa, director, "Dear Alaska"
• Noah Brody, playwright, Fiasco Theater
• Paul L. Coffey, playwright, Fiasco Theater