If the Weather Permits
This short documentary studies life in the village of Kangirsujuaq, Nunavik. In this community on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, children’s laughter fills the streets while the old people ponder the passage of time. They are nomads of the wide-open spaces who are trying to get used to the strange feeling of staying put. While the teenagers lap up Southern culture and play golf on the tundra to kill time, the Elders are slowly dying, as their entire culture seems to fade away.
Elisapie Isaac, a filmmaker born in Nunavik, decides to return to her roots on this breathtaking land. To bridge the growing gap between the young and the old, she speaks to her grandfather, now deceased, and confides in him her hopes and fears. Grappling with isolation, family relationships, resource extraction, land-based knowledges, the influence of Southern culture and the ongoing impacts of colonialism on Inuit ways of life, Elisapie Isaac offers a nuanced portrait of the North.
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If the Weather Permits, Elisapie Isaac, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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participationNaalak NappaalukDanny AlakuTimothy EtidloieBobby QamugaalukJimmy Kadjulik
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researchElisapie Isaac
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writerElisapie Isaac
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directorElisapie Isaac
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assistant directorErica Pomerance
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cameraAlex Margineanu
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location soundYann ClearyStéphane Barsalou
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editorMarie-Christine Sarda
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sound editorMartin AllardMarie-Ève Livernoche
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script consultantSophie Bissonnette
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production managerSylvie Lapointe
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production assistantBobby Qamugaaluk
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narration textManon BarbeauElisapie Isaac
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narration directorRobert Gray
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narration recordingDominic Cabana
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foley artistLise Wedlock
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foley assistantHilary Thomson
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foley recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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original musicAlain Auger
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musicianAlain Auger
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vocalistElisapie Isaac
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music re-recordingStudio Cozmo
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stills photographerAlex Margineanu
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translatorHarriet Keleutak
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subtitlesElisapie IsaacKathleen Fleming
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technical support - editingPhyllis Lewis
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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online editorDenis Gathelier
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re-recordingShelley Craig
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archivesElisapie Isaac
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technical coordinatorJean-François Laprise
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administratorDenise DesLauriers
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administrative staffHélène RegimbalLise LévesqueMarie-Christine Guité
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marketing officerJoanne CarrièreNicole Côté
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line producerChristian MedawarJohanne Bergeron
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producer (development)Nicole Lamothe
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producerYves Bisaillon
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