Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive (2004)

January 1st, 20040h 57min

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In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.


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