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People of the Ice
200352 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Carlos FerrandJean Lemire
Production: Sally Bochner (National Film Board of Canada)Jean LemireÉric Michel (National Film Board of Canada)Colette LoumèdeStéphane Millière (Gedeon Programmes)
Script: Carlos FerrandJean Lemire
Co-produced by Glacialis Productions, the National Film Board of Canada and Gedeon Programmes with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, Culture et Communications Québec, with the collaboration of Télé-Québec, CBCTelevision Nature of Things, France 2, France 5, Centre National de la Cinématographie Canada-France, and Ministère délégué à la recherche et aux nouvelles technologies.
For over 4 000 years, the Inuit have lived in harmony with their Arctic environment. In this frozen landscape, survival depends on a deep understanding of the natural world.
Today, global warming threatens the very nature of their habitat. As the ice disappears, so does the Inuit culture it is intimately connected to. Ever-changing temperatures have even made predicting the Arctic climate difficult. Will this extraordinarily resilient people be able to adjust to such dramatic change?
People of the Ice looks at climate change through the eyes of Inuit from several generations. Sheila Watts-Cloutier, president of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, also weighs in on the issue. In Cloutier's view, as the planet heats up, the Inuit must draw on their ancient traditions to survive.
Arctic Mission is a collection of five documentary films that explore the impact of global warming on Canada's North.
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Subject categories
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > Arctic FisheriesArctic HuntingHuntingInuit
- Environment and Conservation > Arctic Plants and WildlifeArctic RegionEnvironmental PerspectivesIndigenous Concerns
- Geography and Geology > Arctic RegionClimate
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Environmental IssuesNorthwest Territories, Nunavut and YukonTraditional way of life
- Social Studies > Environmental Challenges
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
- Geography > Territory: IndigenousThe Arctic
Credits
- direction
- Carlos Ferrand
- script
- Carlos Ferrand
- Jean Lemire
- script - collaboration
- Thierry Piantanida
- director of photography
- Carlos Ferrand
- camera
- Carlos Ferrand
- Dominic Dorval
- sound
- Hubert Macé de Gastines
- Juan Gutiérrez
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- Serge Boivin
- picture editing
- Dominique Sicotte
- original music
- Ganesh Anandan
- participant
- Meeka Mike
- Joshua Kango
- Jamese Mike
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Namomai Ashoona
- Qovianatoliaq Tapaungai
- narration
- David Suzuki
- voice
- Tyrone Benskin
- Walter Massey
- Hubert Fielden
- Philip Pretten
- A.J. Henderson
- Howard Ryshpan
- underwater cinematography
- Mario Cyr
- additional cinematography
- Marc Gadoury
- Martin Leclerc
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- computer graphics
- Jean-Romain Clark
- Georges Mauro
- sound editing supervision
- Martin Pinsonnault
- sound editing
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- Anton Fischlin
- Sonomar
- post-production
- Geneviève Lagacé
- Danielle Raymond
- Claude Chevalier
- Martine Forget
- revision
- Sarah Cliche
- Christine Dumazet
- translation
- Sarah Carrière
- Elisapie Isaac
- ethnogeography
- Norman Hallendy
- voice recording
- Clovis Gouaillier
- English adaptation
- Christine York
- A.J. Henderson
- off-camera direction
- Christine York
- A.J. Henderson
- insurance broker
- Taillefer Desjardins inc.
- Linda Dubuc
- auditor
- Fauteux Bruno Bussière Leewarden
- legal advisor
- Fernand Deveau
- Zénaïde Lussier
- Gylane St-Georges
- director-coordinator
- Jean Lemire
- script consultant
- Jacques Payette
- research
- Pascale Bilodeau
- Virginie Millière
- Catherine Giroul
- Sara Marino
- line production
- Bertrand Jenny
- Emmanuel Piovano
- Christiane Germain
- Josée Roberge
- post-production manager
- Nathalie Trucco
- production administrator
- Nicolas Portes
- Camille Chapuis
- technical director
- Bruno Abate
- documentalist
- Delphine Gaillard
- Leyla D'Aragon-Krim
- communications director
- Laurence Corre
- communications - assistant
- Julien Bablon
- executive producer
- Sally Bochner
- marketing officer
- Élise Labbé
- Jocelyn Robert
- Moira Keigher
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- administrator
- Colette Brodeur
- Anouk Brault
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Anik Fournier
- Jean-Paul Landry
- administrative team
- Dany Delpy
- Lise Fortin Roy
- production coordinator
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Brigitte Breault
- production assistant
- Geneviève Lagacé
- Céline Lafrance
- production manager
- Anouk Brault
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Anik Fournier
- Jean-Paul Landry
- producer
- Jean Lemire
- Éric Michel
- Colette Loumède
- Stéphane Millière