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• Title:Angry Inuk / directed by: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril ; produced by: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Bonnie Thompson, Bob Moore, Daniel Cross, David Christensen ; production agencies: Unikkaat Studios Inc. (Iqaluit), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Arnaquq-Baril, Alethea, film director.
  Arnaquq-Baril, Alethea, film producer.
  Thompson, Bonnie, film producer.
  Moore, Bob, film producer.
  Cross, Daniel, film producer.
  Christensen, David, film producer.
  NFB Campus Collection.
  Unikkaat Studios Inc. (Iqaluit), film producer.
  National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), film producer.
  
• Published/Created:Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2016.
  ©2016
  

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• Library of Congress Subjects:Sealing--Canada.
  Animals--Effect of human beings on--Nunavut.
  Inuit--Nunavut--Social life and customs.
  Nunavut--Economic conditions.
  Nunavut--Social life and customs.
  
• Genre/Form:Documentary films.
  
• Description:1 online resource (1 video file (82 min., 11 sec.)) : sound
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: Educational use and Personal use.
  
• Credits:Writer, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril ; director, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril ; producer, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Bonnie Thompson ; executive producer, Bob Moore, Daniel Cross, David Christensen ; director of photography, Qajaaq Ellsworth ; editor, Sophie Farkas Bolla ; composer, Florencia di Concilio ; location sound recordist, Daniel Cross, Frans Lindell, Illona Petterson, Edmund Charles Van Dyk, Donald Stewart, Chris Ikonomopoulous ; visual research, Edmund Duff ; story editor, Daniel Cross ; graphics, Jonathan Wright ; illustrations, Jonathan Wright ; animation, Jonathan Wright ; sound design, Kyle Stanfield ; re-recording mixer, Cory Rizos.
  
• Cast:Featuring, Aaju Peter, Joannie Ikkidluak, Lasaloosie Ishulutak, Isuaqtuq Ikkidluak, Mikijuk Kolola, Joshua Kango, Meeka Mike, Niore Iqalukjuak, Jeannie Padluq, Annie Ikkidluak, Natsiq Kango.
  
• Summary:In her film Angry Inuk, Inuk director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Though most commercial sealing is conducted by Inuit in the Arctic, anti-sealing activism has created a perception of the industry that denies their central role in the sealskin market. To reinsert themselves into the international discussion, these Inuit activists must inconvenience the fundraising campaigns of animal groups by using all the tricks in the social media book, and invent some of their own along the way, like "sealfies." Seal meat is a staple food for Inuit, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraordinary cost of hunting. Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment. They are pushing for a sustainable way to take part in the global economy, but in opposition stands an army of well-funded activists and well-meaning celebrities. Arnaquq-Baril and her cameras travel through the Canadian Arctic, giving voice to the people the animal activists rarely bother to meet: the hunters, the craftspeople, the families for whom the seal hunt is a critical part of their livelihood and survival. She follows a group of students to Europe, where they plead the Inuit case before a European Union panel. The film interweaves the reality of Inuit life with the story of their challenge to both the anti-sealing industry and those nations that mine resources on Inuit lands while simultaneously destroying the main sustainable economy available to the people who live there. As one student said, "We need to stop the cultural prejudice that is imposed on us by not being allowed to benefit from our natural surroundings without having to drill into the ground. And that's really all we want as a people." .
  
• Target Audience:15-18.
  
• Local note:Leased collection. Future access is not guaranteed. For French versions select "français" in the lefthand panel.
  
• Notes:Indigenous filmmaker (Inuit). Approbation technique.
  Agency - English program: North West Studio.
  Agency: An Unikkaat Studios Inc. production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada in association with Eyesteel Film.
  Recorded 2016.
  described video.
  Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2021-07-22).