The Netsilik Eskimo Today

197217 min 49 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Gilles Blais

Production: John FriedmanFrançois Séguillon

Co-produced by the NFB and the Education Development Center Incorporated (U.S.A.).

This film, made in 1972, shows the life of an Inuit family in the settlement of Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay) inside the Arctic Circle. Under a federal government scheme, permanent heated housing, a school and a store are provided for the community. This film affords a glimpse of the Inuit adaptation to these changed conditions. (See also Yesterday -- Today: The Netsilik Eskimo).

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Subject categories

  • Politics and Government - Canada > Arctic RegionIndigenous Concerns
  • Social Issues > Indigenous Peoples
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > NetsilikNorthwest Territories, Nunavut and YukonSocial Change

Credits

director
Gilles Blais
producer
John Friedman
François Séguillon
photography
Roger Rochat
sound
Richard Besse
editing
Éric de Bayser
re-recording
Roger Lamoureux
consultant
Asen Balikci