If the Weather Permits
If the Weather Permits

If the Weather Permits

7.5

0 hr 28 min

2003-06-10

2

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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Élisapie

Élisapie

Naalak Nappaaluk

Naalak Nappaaluk

Danny Alaku

Danny Alaku

Timothy Etidloie

Timothy Etidloie

Bobby Qamugaaluk

Bobby Qamugaaluk

Jimmy Kadjulik

Jimmy Kadjulik

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