A film by Dan Redfield for the Alaska Center for FASD.

Seven adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders telling their stories, challenges, strengths, and strategies for success.

The Alaska Center for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a non-profit organization, is pleased to announce the release of 8 Keys for Adults with FASD, a documentary film by Dan Redfield for the Alaska Center for FASD featuring seven self-advocates who experience an FASD sharing their stories and the strategies that help them to be successful living with this brain-based difference.

The documentary film is a sequel to the 2014 animated short film, 8 Magic Keys: For Developing Successful Interventions for Students with FASD, created by Alaska special education teacher and FASD specialist, Deb Evensen, in collaboration with Jan Lutke and the Anchorage School District.

The cast members of the 2023 documentary film, who developed the content with support from Deb Evensen and Alaska Center for FASD founder Marilyn Pierce-Bulger, established key success strategies and developed the interview questions based on those themes. Anchorage filmmaker Dan Redfield filmed and edited the interviews and produced the animation that features Mario, the narrator.