Tuesday, March 6 from 6–9 p.m.
Astro Theatre in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Details
Part of the Aabiziingwashi (Wide Awake) NFB Indigenous Cinema on Tour
This FREE screening is in partnership with APTN and in collaboration with the Embrace Life Council.
In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada’s North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
By: Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross, Bobby Echalook, Brett Gaylor, Sarah Idlout, Laura Iqaluk, Linus Kasudluak, Willia Ningeok, Caroline Ningiuk, Dora Ohaituk, Rita-Lucy Ohaituk (2004 | 54 min)
Followed by a Q&A with Asinnajaq.
To learn more about the Aabiziingwashi (Wide Awake) tour, or to find the next free screening, visit the Wide Awake Website.
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