Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Canada
2016
In her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
CREDITS
Canadian Documentary Production Award at Hot Docs
People’s Choice Award-Winner at Top Ten Film Festival
Vimeo On Demand Audience Award
DOC Vanguard Award
Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award at imagineNATIVE