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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.Published on: -
Kajanaqtuq
Faded Super-8 images accompany an Inuk Elder’s memories in this powerful invocation of Inuit life and mythology.Published on: -
Another Journey without Women
On a 1918 arctic expedition, male egos clash like icebergs between scientists, hunters, and spiritual beliefs, while the expedition assistant HendrikPublished on: -
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
The makers of Atanarjuat , The Fast Runner (2001) portray the encounter that took place in 1922 between the Greenland explorer Knud Rasmussen and an…Published on: -
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
In 1961, Canadian Inuit were told they had to relinquish their nomadic lives. Powerful film shot by Inuit people on the endless snowfields.Published on: -
of the North
The Canadian Dominic Gagnon specialises in montage films, for which he takes amateur footage from the Internet. This grim, 21st-century variation on tPublished on: -
Our Land – Episode 5 (Home)
Igloolik, Autumn 1945. In which Akkitiq wakes up and sees that it’s a lovely day for a seal hunt.Published on: -
Our Land – Episode 3 (Stone House)
In which five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.Published on: -
Our Land – Episode 7 (Seal Pups)
Young seals: a spring delicacy, praised for their soft fur and tender meat.Published on: -
Fish Traps
Near Igloolik in the 1930s, a summer comes to its end. Three families build a saputi, with which they catch fish swimming upstream for the…Published on: