Release Date

18 Apr, 2011

Runtime

00:26: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for survival within the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen mind, body and spirit within the community. Following four modern Inuit athletes reveals their unique relationship to the games as they compete across the North. As unprecedented change sweeps across their traditional lands, their stories illuminate the importance of the games today.

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Actors

Joy Harjo

Meika McDonald

Elizabeth Rexford

Jesse Frankson

David Thomas

John Miller

Brian Randazzo

Nora Thomas

Phillip Ossinak Kairaiuak

Forrest Olemaun

Big Bob Aiken

Debra Archambault

Solomon Frankson

Billy Bodfish

Crew

Jonathon Stanton

Atalanta Powell

Ryan Olson

Greg Bernstein

Eva-Lydia Baumgarten

Gene Boyde

Cory Wolfe

Sini Salminen

Michael A. Martinez

Patrick Donnelly

Dan Kaas

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

Lurline McGregor

Don Lacombe