Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the agreement signed on November 11, l975, between the Northern Quebec Inuit Association, the Quebec and federal governments, the James Bay Energy Corporation, the James Bay Development Corporation, Hydro-Quebec and the Grand Council of the Crees, which took away Native rights to a territory of almost one million square kilometres. By their words and actions, the dissident Inuit of Povungnituk, Ivujivik and Sugluk express their strong desire to retain their land and their traditions. The filmmakers go into their homes, on the ice and the sea to record first-hand the lives of these northern people. In French and Inuit with no subtitles.
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ACMI Identifier
313286
Language
French
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada, Northern
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Inuit - Canada, Northern
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Inuit - Canada, Northern - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Quebec (Province)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Land use - Remote areas
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Race relations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cross-cultural studies
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Culture conflict
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Cross-cultural studies
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)