Hardship Alaska chronicles Donald Proffit's life as a Vietnam War era conscientious objector as he sets off on two years of exile, service, soul-searching, and self-discovery in the rugged, beauty of Alaska.

Donald Proffit is a former arts educator and school principal and has presented workshops, clinics and original performance pieces in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel and Italy. His work in Israel as part of an interdisciplinary arts project brought together Israeli, Palestinian and American youth, using the arts as the vehicle for igniting meaningful dialog between the three groups.