Utjuk (Bearded seal)

ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᑦ ᖃᐃᖁᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᓯᓈᖓᓂ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᒃᑐᑦ. ᓴᖃᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᖓᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑎᓕᓐ ᐃᕙᓗ ᐱᓚᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᕿᓯᒃᓂᒃ.

The cameras follow Zacharias Kunuk and his guests to the floe edge where they seal hunt. Zacharias talks to Susan Avingaq and Madeline Ivalu about seal skinning.

Camera: David Poisey
Sound: Richard Lavoie
Editing: Maia Iotzova

This second Isuma-Artcirq co-production by Igloolik youth is a story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol to put reality and the past behind, the past keeps hunting him. When he loses control and beats up a man on the street he is sentenced to two months in an outpost camp, where a hunter is waiting for him.