Shi-shi-etko

2009, Canada, 12min
Directed by Kate Kroll
Shi-Shi-Etko, a six year old Native girl, has only four days before she is taken to residential school. Each of these days she spends with either her mother, her father and her Yayah (grandmother). Knowing what’s in store, each of them reminds her of the beauty of her culture, who she is and most importantly to never forget.

Anirniq

2010, Canada, 5 min
Directed by RJ Sauer

Filmed on location on the northern tip of Baffin Island, “Anirniq” – Inuktitut for breath – is a short fable about an Inuit man confronting the loss of his father when he was a young boy on his first narwhal hunt.
The story explores the Inuit belief that when someone dies their spirit goes into the living creatures around them and thus the Inuit saying: The great peril of our existence is that our diet consists entirely of souls.

Tungijuq

2009, Canada, 7min
Director Zacharias Kunuk

A thought-provoking meditation on the seal-hunt and what it means to the traditional way of life for Inuit.
Starring internationally renowned throat singer Tanya Tagaq, and Cannes-winning filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner), Tungijuq is a cinematic and musical expression of the organic and indisputable reality of hunting in Inuit culture.

Grab – Documentary
 

2011, USA, 60min
Directed by Billy Luther

Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, who annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Luther’s film follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives leading up to this day.