Qaisut = Polar Bear Island

Publication/Creation:: [Montréal, Canada] : Isuma Distribution International Inc., [between 2005 and 2008?]
Format:: Video or Visual Material

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Full Title:: Qaisut = Polar Bear Island / a presentation of Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. ; executive producer, writer, director, Zacharias Kunuk ; cultural director ... writer, Paulossie Qulitalik ; producers, Zacharias Kunuk, Paulossie Qulitalik, Norman Cohn
Series Titles:: Nunavut = Our land ; episode 10
Nunavut ; episode 10.
Isuma Inuit classic collection: 1987-2007.

Additional Author/Creators:: Kunuk, Zacharias
Qulitalik, Pauloosie
Cohn, Norman
Igloolik Isuma Productions
Isuma Distribution International Inc

Genre:: Historical reenactments (Television programs)
Subjects:: Iglulingmuit--Social life and customs--Drama
Iglulingmuit--Food--Drama
Polar bear hunting--Nunavut--Igloolik--Drama
Summer--Nunavut--Igloolik--Drama

Summary:: Igloolik, Summer 1946. After the walrus hunt everyone is happy. There will be lots to eat for a long time. Children climb the famous cliffs of Qaisut, exploring paths and ruins left by hunters from the ancient times. Good walrus hunting doesn't only attract Inuit. Suddenly Grandmother sees a polar bear after the meat. Quickly men and dogs rush to protect the camp.
Language:: Inuktitut
Language Note:: In Inuktitut with optional English and French subtitles.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (approximately 28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Technical Note:: DVD; NTSC; all regions; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
General Note:: Originally produced in 1995.
Some copies were issued in: Isuma Inuit classic collection: 1987-2007.
Episode 10 of a television series which recreates the traditional nomadic lifestyle of Inuit in the Igloolik region of the Canadian Arctic in 1945-1946. The series follows five fictional families through the different seasons of an Arctic year.
Participant/Performer Note:: Paulossie Qulitalik, Mary Qulitalik, Charlie Qulitalik, Lizzie, Jemima, Samulilie Ammaq, Micheline Ammaq, Bonnie, Asa, Wilma.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Director of photography, Norman Cohn ; editor, Zacharias Kunuk ; title song, Charlie Adams.