Kikkik (2000)
• April 6th, 2000 • 0h 53min
Documentary
Overview
It is taking decades for Canada to come to terms with its history in the Arctic, and with its relationship to all its indigenous people. “Kikkik” is the story of government mistakes and neglect, of starvation, murder, freezing death, but, in the end, a kind of justice that helps restore our faith in human decency. In 1958, the Inuit woman Kikkik was charged with murder and criminal negligence leading to the death of her child. Her trial and our visit back to the place and to Kikkik’s children confront us with a legacy that’s still a challenge for Canada.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
Released on: 2008-09-17
Documentary, History, Crime, Drama
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
Forests
Released on: 2022-05-14
Documentary
In a dark, ambiguous environment, minuscule particles drift slowly before the lens. The image focuse...
Children of Wind River
Released on: 1989-10-16
Documentary
A film made by Victress Hitchcock and Ava Hamilton in 1989 on the Wind River Reservation for Wyoming...
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
Released on: 2000-06-21
Documentary
The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful inci...
The End of the Line
Released on: 1959-01-01
Documentary
This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to ...
Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i
Released on: 2009-10-18
Documentary
What if you are made to feel ashamed when you speak your "mother tongue" or ridiculed because of you...
The Last Judgement
Released on: 1987-01-01
Documentary
A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end wi...
Falas da Terra
Released on: 2021-04-19
Documentary, TV Movie
'Falas da Terra' sheds light on the plurality and the struggle of the indigenous people for the righ...
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Released on: 2021-05-06
Documentary
After marrying a settler, Mary Two-Axe Earley lost her legal status as a First Nations woman. Dedica...
We The North: From Prehistoric to Historic
Released on: 2025-02-21
Documentary
A basketball team born out of an egg, in a hockey-crazed city, playing in a baseball stadium, fights...
Inbound
Released on: 2025-02-21
Documentary
Documenting the shared trajectory between Canada’s rise as a global basketball powerhouse and the ci...
Belongings
Released on: 2023-05-03
Documentary
A Penobscot Nation author grew up in a haunted house. After his mother's death, he returns home to c...
My Prairie Home
Released on: 2013-11-29
Documentary, Music
A true Canadian iconoclast, acclaimed transgender country/electro-pop artist Rae Spoon revisits the ...
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Released on: 2019-01-28
Documentary
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her ...
Two villages, one single walk
Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary
With no Forest left to hunt and no land to cultivate, the Maby-Guarani depend on the sale of their h...
Jasper National Park
Released on: 1952-04-19
Documentary
This travelogue of Canada's Jasper National Park starts with a visit to the totem pole in the town, ...
Cape Breton Island
Released on: 1948-05-08
Documentary
This Traveltalk series entry visits the easternmost area of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. We ...
The Hockey Film
Released on: 2023-12-03
Documentary
A harsh winter in Canada’s Muskoka, where players face sub-zero temperatures, contrasts with New Zea...
The Continuum Project
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary
The Continuum Project follows some of the world's best climbing talent around the globe to document ...
Glacier Park and Waterton Lakes
Released on: 1942-04-24
Documentary
We begin at the train station near Montana's Glacier National Park, where Blackfeet Indians meet the...