Inuit Movies

  • 1944
    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    01944HD

    The hunting habits of the Inuit in the eastern Arctic.

    Arctic Hunters
  • 1970
    Inuk Woman City Blues

    Inuk Woman City Blues

    Inuk Woman City Blues

    01970HD

    Follows homeless, addicted and alienated Greenlandic women in Copenhagen, Denmark; includes fragments of Greenlandic culture.

    Inuk Woman City Blues
  • 2016
    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

    02016HD

    The oral history of Inuit is filled with many folktales, legends, and myths. In this traditional story, a young owl catches a lemming to eat. Inuit...

    The Owl and the Lemming
  • 1932
    Fishing in Greenland

    Fishing in Greenland

    Fishing in Greenland

    01932HD

    Danish documentary that follows fishermen in Greenland, from the time when fishing got industrialized. The filmcrew also captures ships fighting the...

    Fishing in Greenland
  • 2020
    Kajanaqtuq

    Kajanaqtuq

    Kajanaqtuq

    02020HD

    Kajanaqtuq (2020) is a short experimental film that features the voice of Inuk elder Naulaq LeDrew. She speaks about her home in Nunavut, Canada and...

    Kajanaqtuq
  • 1989
    Kamik

    Kamik

    Kamik

    01989HD

    A portrait of Ulayok Kaviok, one of the last of a generation of Inuit, born and bred on the land. Ulayok and her family, like many Inuit today,...

    Kamik
  • 1934
    The Wedding of Palo

    The Wedding of Palo

    The Wedding of Palo

    51934HD

    The movie tells of the contest between two rivals for the love of an Inuk woman. The forces of nature will decide the winner.

    The Wedding of Palo
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    51901HD

    “The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
  • 1983
    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    01983HD

    Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the...

    Our Land, Our Truth
  • 2005
    Urban Inuk

    Urban Inuk

    Urban Inuk

    02005HD

    Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk) follows the lives of three Inuit in Montreal over the course of one hot and humid summer.Only two generations ago Inuit...

    Urban Inuk
  • 2015
    One Who Has Two Souls

    One Who Has Two Souls

    One Who Has Two Souls

    6.82015HD

    He was called "He Who Has Two Souls". He was beautiful as a woman. And handsome as a man. He hesitated.

    One Who Has Two Souls
  • 2015
    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    02015HD

    Inuit oral history is filled with strange beings and supernatural creatures. One of these feared land spirits is the Ogress of the Gravelbank. This...

    Ogress of the Gravelbank
  • 2010
    Lumaajuuq

    Lumaajuuq

    Lumaajuuq

    62010HD

    This animated short is a tragic and twisted story about the dangers of revenge. A cruel mother mistreats her son, feeding him dog meat and forcing...

    Lumaajuuq
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    5.51967HD

    It is late autumn and the Eskimos travel through soft snow and build karmaks, shelters with snow walls and a roof of skins, in the river valley. The...

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp
  • 1958
    The Living Stone

    The Living Stone

    The Living Stone

    5.81958HD

    The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture....

    The Living Stone
  • 1988
    Nanook Revisited

    Nanook Revisited

    Nanook Revisited

    01988HD

    Filmmakers revisit Inukjuak, the Inuit village where Robert J. Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North in the early twentieth century, and examine the...

    Nanook Revisited
  • 2011
    Seven Sins: Sloth

    Seven Sins: Sloth

    Seven Sins: Sloth

    02011HD

    Sloth pokes gentle fun at stereotypes about the Inuit people, past and present.

    Seven Sins: Sloth
  • 2008
    Kiyukta

    Kiyukta

    Kiyukta

    02008HD

    Kiyukta
  • 1943
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    01943HD

    How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts
  • 2011
    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    02011HD

    The Sun and the Moon are born, as a woman searches to reveal the identity of her mystery lover in this strikingly animated Inuit creation tale.

    The Dimming