Select Video Projects

Viking Futures Documentary and Book Project

Viking Futures is a documentary film (in post-production) about the power of storytelling in political and economic crises. This ethnographic portrait, shot by anthropologist, Jen K. AlVarez Hughes in Iceland and Denmark from 2015-2016, follows young politicians, folklorists, climate change and queer activists, journalists, tourists, expats, pirates and others during the lead up to and aftermath of the 2016 Panama Papers offshore banking scandal. The films shows how stories from the past impact future imaginings and global political possibilities and often have surprising roots. Look for a new trailer and teasers in late Summer 2023.

MN Opera Video Suite (Project Opera and Voices of Opera)

Jen K. AlVarez Hughes completed a suite of videos for Minnesota Opera in 2017 and 2018 that featured the Project Opera youth training program and Voices of Opera program for older adults. These films highlighted rehearsals, performances and project aims. To contact them about contract video production, directing, project management, editing or digital storytelling click “Contact” above.

Walker Art Center Moving Image Oral History Project

From 2014-2015, AlVarez Hughes served as the Bentson Curatorial Oral History Coordinator at Walker Art Center where they were project manager, producer, shoot coordinator and archival researcher for Film + Video Department (now Moving Image) Oral History Project. The interviews from the project with former Walker Film + Video curators can be viewed at the Walker Art Center and YouTube and include an interview between AlVarez Hughes and former Walker Moving Image Department curator, Sheryl Mosely.