The passing of traditional stories from one generation to the next using visual arts and storytelling is a longstanding and vibrant Inuit custom. These animated shorts and documentaries present a powerful portrait of the Inuit experience.
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Films in This Playlist Include
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny
The Last Days of Okak
Vistas: Inukshop
Never Lose Sight
Uranium
Coppermine
Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
The Northern Lights
Eye Witness No. 30
The Sniffing Bear
No Address
Land of the Long Day
Aki’name (On the Wall)
Nunavut Animation Lab Lumaajuuq (Inuktitut Version)
Nunavut Animation Lab: The Bear Facts (Inuktitut Version)
Nunavut Animation Lab: I Am but a Little Woman (Inuktitut Version)
Stories from our Land 1.5: Tide
Three Thousand
Three Thousand (Inuktitut Version)
Timuti
Breaths
Breaths (Inuktitut Version)
Pandemic – At the End of the World
Being Prepared
How to Build an Igloo
The Living Stone
Labrador North
The Annanacks
If the Weather Permits
The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend
Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend
Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice: Part 1
Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice: Part 2
Nunavut Animation Lab: Qalupalik
My Village in Nunavik
Inuuvunga – I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
Islet
Kamik
I Can Make Art…Like Andrew Qappik
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
In Search of the Bowhead Whale
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 1
At the Spring Ice Camp: Part 1
At the Spring Ice Camp: Part 2
At the Spring Ice Camp: Part 3
Through These Eyes
Animation from Cape Dorset
Aviators of Hudson Strait
Our Norther Citizen
Nunavut Animation Lab: Lumaajuuq
The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend
Northwest Frontier
Stories from our Land 1.5: Nippaq
Stories from our Land 1.5: If You Want to Get Married You Have to Learn How to Build an Igloo
Stories from our Land 1.5: Going Home
Stories from our Land 1.5: Making Sleds
Stories from our Land 1.5: If You Want to Get Married You Have to Learn How to Build an Igloo
Inuuvunga, I Am Inuk, I Am Alive (Inuktitut Version)
Nunavut Animation Lab Qalupalik (Inuktitut Version)
Lypa
Northern Games
Tuktu and the Ten Thousand Fishes
Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
Tuktu and his Eskimo Dogs
At the Autumn River Camp: Part 1
At the Autumn River Camp: Part 2
At the Caribou Crossing Place: Part 1
At the Caribou Crossing Place: Part 2
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 1
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 2
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 3
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 4
Building a Kayak: Part 1
Building a Kayak: Part 2
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 1
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 2
Group Hunting on the Spring Ice: Part 1
Group Hunting on the Spring Ice: Part 2
Group Hunting on the Spring Ice: Part 3
Jigging for Lake Trout