Inuit movies

In questo predecessore muto del moderno documentario, il regista Robert J. Flaherty spende un anno seguendo le vite di Nanook e la sua famiglia, degli Inuit che vivono al Circolo Artico.

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

L'esercito russo invia un esploratore in spedizione nella nevosa e selvaggia steppa siberiana, dove egli diventa amico di un esperto cacciatore locale.

In Canada's North during the 1930s, a young Inuit kills a White trader and is pursued by the police but his father is determined to protect his fugitive son at any cost.

In 1922 the first documentary came on the big screen: Nanuk l'esquimese (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie.

A pilot and his passenger struggle for survival after crashing in the Arctic tundra.

A soldier's unexpected arrival affects two women's simple existence.

In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent. When he refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die, his nurse, Carole, comes to the realization that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being. She arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience with both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family.

Several years after losing his father, Inuk learns the way of his people again.

In una piccola città dell'Alaska, un giornalista recluta la sua ex fidanzata volontaria del Greenpeace, in una lotta per salvare una famiglia di balene grigie intrappolate dal ghiaccio.