Documentary

Documentary film about how people, wildlife and the environment are impacted by industrial developments in Alberta and Saskatchewan.More importantly, this film is about communicating the voices and concerns of Indigenous people, who are often left out of decision-making processes, yet are among those most impacted.

Directed by Troy Stozed

Environmental Conservation Lab, University of Manatoba

Official Website: www.awakeningspiritfilm.ca

Synopsis:The Inuit organizations of Nunavut have recently opened the way to uranium mining. Some Nunavut residents want to voice their concerns and created a grassroots organization to ask for a public inquiry; should Nunavut open the way to nuclear energy or not?

Filmmaker:Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Carol Kunnuk

Contact:mhcousineau [at] arnaitvideo [dot] ca

HELP WANTED! This group seeks help to to protect its land, language and culture. Contact: <krenak31 [at] hotmail [dot] com>

VERSION FRANÇAISE ICI

Kiviaq's extraordinary life story bears testimony to the treatment indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic have endured for generations due to the government's inhumane colonial policies. Now dying of cancer, the life-long fighter is embroiled in the las

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In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the ancestors who came before them: a wedding; a burial; messages from the past.

DIRECTOR: Zacharias Kunuk

Inuit memories and experiences of shamanism, and oral histories about the last shamans practicing in the region of Igloolik, Nunavut. Interviewees range from young people to elders and politicians, but they all share a belief that things happen, and that shamanism is still a living religion.

DIRECTOR(S): Paulossie Qulitalik, Zacharias Kunuk

Ajainaa! features Igloolik Elders discussing their views of contemporary Inuit life. Topics include the role of Inuit and "Southern" forms of education, survival strategies (such as how to save a drowning victim), and the differences between camp and settlement life. Written, produced, and performed by Isuma's Uqallangniq Elders Group.

Rapid change from traditional to modern life in Nunavut, like many post-colonial societies, has concentrated power, wealth and information in a few hands. Nipi examines fundamental questions of democracy, power and change in Nunavut and indirectly in Canada itself: in education, religion, gender, lifestyle, the distribution of economic development and the make-up and inner structure o

Wednesday June 11, 2008 Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper delivered a historic apology for the treatment of aboriginal children at residential schools.

The second and final part of the hunting of the deer

Filmmaker: Pablo Fulgueira / Ramón Carrillo

Filmmaker Contact:

info [at] enramada [dot] com www.enramada.com

Producer's Name: Enramada

Year of Production: 2007

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