Inuit Movies

  • 1977
    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    The Hunters

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    This film joins a hunting-party of inhabitants of the Frobisher Bay Correctional Centre. The stalking, killing and skinning of seal and caribou are...

    The Hunters
  • 1998
    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

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    In this feature-length documentary, three generations of the Caribou Inuit family come together to tell the story of their journey as Canada's last...

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut
  • 1973
    Labrador North

    Labrador North

    Labrador North

    01973HD

    This short documentary looks at the government relocation of the Labrador Inuit and the effects on their culture and social structures.

    Labrador North
  • 2014
    Children of the Arctic

    Children of the Arctic

    Children of the Arctic

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    Children of the Arctic is a portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers growing up in Barrow - the northernmost community in the United States. As...

    Children of the Arctic
  • 2003
    If the Weather Permits

    If the Weather Permits

    If the Weather Permits

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    Director Elisapie Issac's documentary is a sort-of letter to her deceased grandfather addressing the question of Inuit culture in the modern world.

    If the Weather Permits
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place

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    The time is early autumn. The woman wakes and dresses the boy. He practices with his sling while she spreads a caribou skin to dry. The boy picks...

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place
  • 1985
    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

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    One day in the lives of an average Greenlandic family, which happens to be of great importance for 8-year old Kali - he's about to catch his first...

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

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    Of Ravens and Children
  • 1988
    Lypa

    Lypa

    Lypa

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    A look at the life and work of Inuit hunter and artist Lypa Pitsiulak.

    Lypa
  • 2007
    Qallunaat!

    Qallunaat!

    Qallunaat!

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    Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny is an irreverent look at Western Civilization through Inuit eyes. Inspired by the satirical essays of Zebedee...

    Qallunaat!
  • 2002
    No Loitering

    No Loitering

    No Loitering

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    An intimate portrait of teenagers trying to understand their world and their possibilities. The film weaves together video shot by teens and by the...

    No Loitering
  • 1988
    Nanook Revisited

    Nanook Revisited

    Nanook Revisited

    01988HD

    Filmmakers revisit Inukjuak, the Inuit village where Robert J. Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North in the early twentieth century, and examine the...

    Nanook Revisited
  • 2021
    Being prepared

    Being prepared

    Being prepared

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    As the global pandemic reaches into the Arctic Archipelago, Inuk filmmaker Carol Kunnuk documents how unfamiliar new protocols affect her family and...

    Being prepared
  • 2015
    Kajutaijuq

    Kajutaijuq

    Kajutaijuq

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    An Inuit hunter camped out in the Arctic wilderness discovers that it is not just the extreme elements that threaten his survival.

    Kajutaijuq
  • 2013
    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

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    According to Inuit oral history, long ago animals had the power of speech, could shift their appearances, and could even assume human form. In The...

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear
  • 2011
    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    The Dimming

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    The Sun and the Moon are born, as a woman searches to reveal the identity of her mystery lover in this strikingly animated Inuit creation tale.

    The Dimming
  • 2004
    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

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    In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their...

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
  • 1983
    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    01983HD

    Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the...

    Our Land, Our Truth
  • 2009
    The Experimental Eskimos

    The Experimental Eskimos

    The Experimental Eskimos

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    In the early 1960s the Canadian government conducted an experiment in social engineering. Three young Inuit boys were separated from their families...

    The Experimental Eskimos
  • 1973
    Pictures Out Of My Life

    Pictures Out Of My Life

    Pictures Out Of My Life

    01973HD

    The drawings and recollections of Inuit artist Pitseolak, from the book of the same title written by Dorothy Eber. Now in her seventies, Pitseolak is...

    Pictures Out Of My Life