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June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
19801 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Robert Verrall
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
On a beautiful summer’s day in Nunavik, a family enjoys the pleasures of berry picking and fishing as the sound of two Elders throat-singing fills the environment. Directed by Alanis Obomsawin as part of the Canada Vignettes series.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > CultureFishingLabrador and QuébecTraditional way of life
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > Ice FishingInuitTraditional Fishing
- Canada - Images of a Country > Vignettes
- Roles & Relationships > Family Life & Parenting Feminism & Women
- Nature & Ecological Knowledge > Fishing & Harvesting
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Inuit & Arctic Peoples (in Canada)
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Music & Dance
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- script
- Alanis Obomsawin
- narrator
- Alanis Obomsawin
- executive producer
- Robert Verrall