On Monday 26 November we will screen the film Angry Inuk. In this film, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril takes a closer look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of Inuit, and the negative impact that international campaigns against seal hunting have had on their lives.
Film: Angry Inuk by Alethea Arnaquq-Barils
Where: Centre for Northern Peoples, Kultursalen
When: 26 November at 13.00
Organisers: Government of Canada, Territory of Nunavut and Centre for Northern Peoples
Toronto International Film Festival film programmer Steve Gravestock writes about Angry Inuk:
Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril's Angry Inuk examines, to heartbreaking effect, what anti-sealing sentiment is doing to Inuit communities in Canada and around the world.
The film functions partly as a personal documentary and partly as a portrait of a community (Arnaquq-Baril's family lives on Baffin Island, one of the regions hardest hit economically by various protests and bans), while charting the history of the anti-sealing movement with precision and clarity.
Watch the trailer from the film: