The Eskimo: Fight for Life

197051 min 6 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Robert Young

Production: Quentin BrownKevin Smith

Co-produced by the NFB and the Education Development Center Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A record of the life of the Netsilingmiut in the area around Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay) in the Canadian Arctic during their last migratory camp. This film was produced, with commentary, from footage filmed over a period of three years, from summer 1963 to the late winter of 1965, and released in 1967 for the Netsilik series. The series was an attempt to recreate the traditional lifestyle of Netsilingmiut. It shows some traditional Inuit culture, the communal life of the seal hunters and their families, and their complete relationship to their environment. (Adapted from the Netsilik Eskimos series.)

Subject categories

  • Fishing and Hunting Industries > Arctic HuntingHuntingSeal and Walrus Hunt
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > NetsilikNorthwest Territories, Nunavut and YukonTraditional way of life

Credits

director
Robert Young
photography
Robert Young
producer
Quentin Brown
executive producer
Kevin Smith
editing
Michel Chalifour
sound editing
Malca Gillson
Ken Page
Don Wellington
consultant
Asen Balikci
Guy Mary-Rousselière
narrator
Asen Balikci

Awards

  • Blue Ribbon AwardItinerant - American Film and Video Festival