caribou hunt

Originally broadcast LIVE on August 14th, 2022.

  Video series recalling traditional Inuit ways of life, using real footage of the Netsilik people of Kugaaruk in the 1960s, to illustrate the tales told by Tuktu, a fictional elder.

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

NITV: Nunatinni (At Our Place). Local news and culture from Igloolik.

Film about the caribou hunt (Tuktuliaq).

Filmmaker Contact:

Host: Elena

Camera: Aaron

Producer's Name: NITV

Country: Canada

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the unknown future, of shamanistic intervention to protect their culture. The weather turns colder. With the north wind blowing, Inuaraq builds his sod house, while Qulitalik cuts the ice blocks for the porch.