Saputi (Fish Traps) 1993

Third Isuma recreated fiction, 1993. As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable....

Saputi is a part of the Unikaatuatiit (Story Tellers) Series.

Filmmakers: Paulossie Qulitalik, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn

Year of Production: 1993

Filmmaker Contact: info [at] isuma [dot] ca; www.isuma.ca

Distributor Information: Isuma Distribution International c/o VTape, wandav [at] vtape [dot] org, +1.416.351.1317 fax-1509; info [at] isuma [dot] ca, +1.514.486.0707 fax-9851.

Country: Canada

Region: Igloolik; Nunavut, Canadian Arctic