Inuit Movies
- 2015
Little Folk of the Arctic
Little Folk of the Arctic02015HD
In the folklore of most cultures around the world there are stories of magical little folk. And the Arctic is no exception. Inuit traditional...
- 2017
Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing
Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing02017HD
The story of an ice-fishing trip taken by two unlikely friends—Ukaliq the Arctic hare and Kalla the lemming. Well-meaning but impatient, Ukaliq...
- 1988
Nanook Revisited
Nanook Revisited01988HD
Filmmakers revisit Inukjuak, the Inuit village where Robert J. Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North in the early twentieth century, and examine the...
- 1970
Inuk Woman City Blues
Inuk Woman City Blues01970HD
Follows homeless, addicted and alienated Greenlandic women in Copenhagen, Denmark; includes fragments of Greenlandic culture.
- 1901
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip51901HD
“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...
- 2013
The Orphan and the Polar Bear
The Orphan and the Polar Bear02013HD
According to Inuit oral history, long ago animals had the power of speech, could shift their appearances, and could even assume human form. In The...
- 2014
The Big Lemming
The Big Lemming02014HD
A stop-motion short tells the story of a male owl, driven by hunger, as he goes in search of food in a late-spring snowstorm - but in his pursuit he...
- 2011
The Dimming
The Dimming02011HD
The Sun and the Moon are born, as a woman searches to reveal the identity of her mystery lover in this strikingly animated Inuit creation tale.
- 1979
Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe
Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe01979HD
In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, the camera explores, in exquisite detail, the daily hunt, fishing scenes and children at play...
- 1932
Greenland, 1932
Greenland, 193201932HD
Danish documentary filmed in Greenland. Shows a lot of Greenlanders, skiing, hunting for birds, seals and whales, and ice fishing. Filmed by Dr. Leif...
- 2014
Tuktumit
Tuktumit02014HD
The film explores the way traditional hunting in Nunavut has evolved so that it can continue to play a vital role in contemporary Inuit culture.
- 2016
Kivalina
Kivalina5.52016HD
The rarely seen lives of an Arctic tribe who try to continue to honor their way of life 80 miles above the Arctic Circle on a fragile barrier island...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice
Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice61967HD
The family is on the shore of Pelly Bay in May-June. A seal basks beside its hole under a warming sun. The hunter stalks the seal, kills it and drags...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak
Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak51967HD
Now it is July - summer. The run-off is in full spate and open water shows offshore. Ice cakes melt on the shingle. On the bay are ducks. It is time...
- 1914
Greenland, 1914
Greenland, 191401914HD
Danish documentary following different locations and situations in Greenland anno 1914. It comes around settlements, hunters, steamboats, umiaks, a...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir
Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir5.51967HD
Full summer, and the tundra is bare; skin tents are up and it is time to attend to the fishing as the fish move upstream. The men are in the river,...