Our Land – Episode 7 (Seal Pups)
Nunavut - Qulangisi
Igloolik, Spring 1946. Seal pups: springtime delicacy, prized for their soft fur and tender meat. When the pups start coming out on the ice, even small children and grandmothers can hunt. Packed up to travel, the families move slowly over the wet ice, through lakes of fresh melting snow, hunting on the way. Finding the breathing holes is a joyful game for everyone.
Also in this combined programme
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Our Land – Episode 6 (Stalking)
Two dog teams search the Spring ice, men and boys hunt day and night. There are seals everywhere.
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Our Land – Episode 8 (Fish Swimming Back and Forth)
Igloolik, Spring 1946. In which Inuaraq throws bones in the river to skewer fish.
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 1995
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 30"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
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