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Angry Inuk

2016 1 h 22 min
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In her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.

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In her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
  • writer
    Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
  • director
    Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
  • producer
    Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
    Bonnie Thompson
  • executive producer
    Bob Moore
    Daniel Cross
    David Christensen
  • director of photography
    Qajaaq Ellsworth
  • editor
    Sophie Farkas Bolla
  • composer
    Florencia di Concilio
  • featuring
    Aaju Peter
    Joannie Ikkidluak
    Lasaloosie Ishulutak
    Isuaqtuq Ikkidluak
    Mikijuk Kolola
    Joshua Kango
    Meeka Mike
    Niore Iqalukjuak
    Jeannie Padluq
    Annie Ikkidluak
    Natsiq Kango
  • additional camera operator
    John Price
    Christopher Ball
    Jonathan Wright
    Anthony Von Seck
    Van Royko
    Georg Schmitt
    Vera Perrone
    Ryan Mullins
    Mark Aspland
    Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
    Jake Hanna
    Stacey Aglok MacDonald
  • location sound recordist
    Daniel Cross
    Frans Lindell
    Illona Petterson
    Edmund Charles Van Dyk
    Donald Stewart
    Chris Ikonomopoulous
  • skidoo driver
    Joshua Atagooyuk
    Philippe Lavallée
    Jonathan Wright
    Levi Pishuktie
    Qajaaq Ellsworth
  • kimmirut fixer
    Aniqniq Nikki Michael
  • production services
    Valerie Shamash
    Marina Serrao
    Daniela Flori
  • post-production supervisor
    Victor Sandrasagra
  • post-production coordinator
    Azed Kettani
  • visual research
    Edmund Duff
  • music supervisor
    Edmund Duff
  • additional editing
    Edmund Duff
  • story editor
    Daniel Cross
  • mentoring director
    Daniel Cross
  • marketing manager
    Leslie Stafford
  • production co-ordinator
    Faye Yoneda
    Ginette D'Silva
    Jasmine Pullukatt
  • production supervisor
    Mark Power
  • unit administrator
    Bree Beach
  • centre operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • co-producer in development
    Stacey Aglok MacDonald
  • graphics
    Jonathan Wright
  • illustrations
    Jonathan Wright
  • animation
    Jonathan Wright
  • graphics assistance
    Julie Palnychenko
  • colour grading
    Alain Omer Duranceau
  • sound design
    Kyle Stanfield
  • dialogue editing
    Cory Rizos
  • re-recording mixer
    Cory Rizos
  • accounting services
    General Ledjah
    Dan Lacroix
    Stephen Kamp
  • auditor
    Thomas Pietrkowski
  • insurance
    Globalex
    Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.
  • legal services
    Remy Khouzam

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Ages 15 to 18
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What impact did Angry Inuk have on your views about animal welfare and environmental protection? How does the anti-sealing campaign jeopardize Inuit concerns about food security, environmental stewardship, and traditional living? How does this documentary counteract animal rights advocacy propaganda? Discuss how the media have misrepresented the seal hunt. How are traditional ways, lobbying and social media used as part of the public awareness campaign of Inuit sealing activists?  

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