Documentary,
4:00 minutes,
English,
NB,
2009
Synopsis
Papikatuk is a film that reveals the affects of climate change and cultural transformation (disintegration?) in a small community in the Canadian Arctic region of Nunavik.
The somber yet eye-opening film is narrated by a young Inuit boy named Papikatuk, who lives in a world that is far different from the one that his father and grandfather speak about.
Papikatuk’s grandfather was a nomadic Inuit hunter who lived in Igloo and caribou skin tents, providing for his family with spear and rifle. HIs father was born in an Igloo and was introduced to the creature comforts of “The South” in his later adult years.
Papikatuk watches television, uses the internet, buys candy and fast food at the store, and listens to rap music…when Papikatuk becomes a father, his child may no longer know what the word Inuit even means.
The Inuit are facing change faster than any other culture on the planet, and they are being forced to learn how to adapt (and adopt!) so they can survive what the future brings to them.
Creative team
Director/producer: Greg Hemmings
Writer: Mateo Greco
Producer: Frederica Mariani
Personal statement
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