Inuit Movies
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak
Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak51967HD
Now it is July - summer. The run-off is in full spate and open water shows offshore. Ice cakes melt on the shingle. On the bay are ducks. It is time...
- 2020
Midnight Kids
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Utquiagvik is the northernmost city in Alaska, located 555 km beyond the Arctic Circle. This meditative documentary follows its young Inuit...
- 2017
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...
- 2011
Seven Sins: Sloth
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Sloth pokes gentle fun at stereotypes about the Inuit people, past and present.
- 2014
The Big Lemming
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A stop-motion short tells the story of a male owl, driven by hunger, as he goes in search of food in a late-spring snowstorm - but in his pursuit he...
- 2014
Tuktumit
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The film explores the way traditional hunting in Nunavut has evolved so that it can continue to play a vital role in contemporary Inuit culture.
- 2016
Kivalina
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The rarely seen lives of an Arctic tribe who try to continue to honor their way of life 80 miles above the Arctic Circle on a fragile barrier island...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout
Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout51967HD
More signs of winter's end as more wildlife returns. The family makes an excursion for fresh fish from a lake. They build a karmak and move in the...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir
Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir5.51967HD
Full summer, and the tundra is bare; skin tents are up and it is time to attend to the fishing as the fish move upstream. The men are in the river,...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp
Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp4.71967HD
In late winter when the cold is severe, the people and dogs are glad to stop their trek and make camp. In the blue dusk the men probe the snow and...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place
Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place51967HD
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...
- 1932
Greenland, 1932
Greenland, 193201932HD
Danish documentary filmed in Greenland. Shows a lot of Greenlanders, skiing, hunting for birds, seals and whales, and ice fishing. Filmed by Dr. Leif...
- 2015
Handcrafted Hopedale
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If you want to find world-class artisans, the small northern Labrador community of Hopedale offers you some of the best. Created through the St....
- 2016
The Owl and the Lemming
The Owl and the Lemming02016HD
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...
- 1979
Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe
Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe01979HD
In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, the camera explores, in exquisite detail, the daily hunt, fishing scenes and children at play...