Inuit Movies

  • 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
  • 1934
    Man of Two Worlds

    Man of Two Worlds

    Man of Two Worlds

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    A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.

    Man of Two Worlds
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Village

    Esquimaux Village

    Esquimaux Village

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    “One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are...

    Esquimaux Village
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

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    “The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
  • 2023
    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

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    Taqralik Partridge asks what if every language that had been lost to English — every word, every syllable — grew up out of the ground in...

    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot
  • 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
  • 2021
    Nalujuk Night

    Nalujuk Night

    Nalujuk Night

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    Nalujuk Night is an up close look at an exhilarating, and sometimes terrifying, Labrador Inuit tradition. Every January 6th from the dark of the...

    Nalujuk Night
  • 2021
    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

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    For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the...

    Evan's Drum
  • 2011
    Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos

    Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos

    Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos

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    Inuit traditional face tattoos have been forbidden for a century, and almost forgotten. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, together with long-time...

    Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

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    Le grand solstice
  • 2021
    The Boys

    The Boys

    The Boys

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    Follow this ever brief conversation that is deeper then the actual words between the two woman and their families. Set in the landscape of Iqaluit, a...

    The Boys
  • 2019
    Giant Bear

    Giant Bear

    Giant Bear

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    Centered on a confrontation between the last monster bear and an Inuit hunter, Giant Bear is a chilling short that brings an ancient story out of the...

    Giant Bear
  • 2017
    Three Thousand

    Three Thousand

    Three Thousand

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    Inuit artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present,...

    Three Thousand
  • 1967
    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

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    In this short docu-fiction film, strong and hardy Inuit hunters demonstrate and test their strength in boxing, tug-of-war, and other strenuous...

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
  • 2017
    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

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    The story of an ice-fishing trip taken by two unlikely friends—Ukaliq the Arctic hare and Kalla the lemming. Well-meaning but impatient, Ukaliq...

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

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    Of Ravens and Children
  • 1964
    The Annanacks

    The Annanacks

    The Annanacks

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    This short documentary depicts the formation in 1959 of the first successful co-operative in an Inuit community in Northern Québec. The film...

    The Annanacks
  • 2015
    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

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    Inuit oral history is filled with strange beings and supernatural creatures. One of these feared land spirits is the Ogress of the Gravelbank. This...

    Ogress of the Gravelbank
  • 2015
    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

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    In the folklore of most cultures around the world there are stories of magical little folk. And the Arctic is no exception. Inuit traditional...

    Little Folk of the Arctic
  • 2016
    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

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    The oral history of Inuit is filled with many folktales, legends, and myths. In this traditional story, a young owl catches a lemming to eat. Inuit...

    The Owl and the Lemming