Inuit Movies

  • 2010
    I Am But a Little Woman

    I Am But a Little Woman

    I Am But a Little Woman

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    Inspired by an Inuit poem first assigned to paper in 1927, this animated short evokes the beauty and power of nature, as well as the bond between...

    I Am But a Little Woman
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021
    Nalujuk Night

    Nalujuk Night

    Nalujuk Night

    02021HD

    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

    02021HD

    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
    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

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    In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

    That Which Once Was
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

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    Le grand solstice
  • 1971
    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

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    The first of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada, People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo...

    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1941
    Mutiny in the Arctic

    Mutiny in the Arctic

    Mutiny in the Arctic

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    A pair head to the frozen wastes with an expedition in search of radium deposits. Certain members of the group succumb to greed, plotting to bump off...

    Mutiny in the Arctic
  • 1973
    Pictures Out Of My Life

    Pictures Out Of My Life

    Pictures Out Of My Life

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    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
  • 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