Spirit of the Wind

Spirit of the Wind or Attla is a 1979 American film directed by Ralph Liddle.

The general theme of the story centered around Attlas rivalry with the other leading sprint competitors of the day, fellow Alaska Native Gareth Wright the brother of political gadfly Don Wright and grandfather of modernday dog musher Ramy Brooks and Massachusetts musher Roland Doc Lombard, the preparations for an upcoming big race, and his first major race victory.Most of the movie was set and filmed in Fairbanks. A number of local actors, including local Alaska Natives, University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Lee Salisbury, and KFAR disc jockeynewscaster Bill Walley, appear in minor roles. ........

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