Canadian followers! She and fellow activists took to social media, asking Inuit to take pictures of themselves wearing sealskin and hunting seals and posting them to social media using the #sealfies hashtag. An Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit, the importance of the revenue they earn from sales of seal skins, and the negative impact that international campaigns against the seal hunt have had on their lives. There are a range of questions that Angry Inuk ( 47 ) IMDb 7.7 1h 22min 2017 13+ Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment. CBC Docs POV Angry Inuk A new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, challenge anti-sealing groups. Your film is very well made and really captures how important the commercial seal hunt is to your people and way of life. Angry Inuk imparts important information about an issue we tend to think we know everything about and delivers a powerful emotional punch. #AngryInuk airs on CBC this Sunday at 9PM EST (check listings for local times). Watch @cbcdocs Angry Inuk on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 9 pm on CBC-TV #CBCDocsPOV. Available CBC Content "Angry Inuk" also speaks up for a population that is too rarely heard, and gets mad for a community that is often reserved. Pumpkin spice caramels, handmade and handwrapped in Chicago. Inuit children are going to school hungry, seven in 10 Inuit children go to school hungry and it's not right. Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Angry Inuk (Clip) from NFB /marketing on Vimeo. "So people have been living with the resulting poverty ever since.". Angry Inuk ( 47 ) IMDb 7.7 1h 22min 2017 13+ Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment. Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Angry Inuk contains a story that’s over 4,000 years old. She explained that after Inuit were forced off of the land and into sedentary communities throughout the 1950s and '60s, Inuit became depended on the sealskin market for cash income. Get all the information you need from our sales and support teams. In fact, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held such a protest in Toronto Wednesday. I was wondering what makes Inuk so angry. The CBC series she co-created, Trickster, premiered on October 7. éducatifs have been offering educators access to Canada's premier educational programming. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s award-winning documentary follows a new generation of tech-savvy Inuit as they challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting, interrogating bans on seal products in the face of vulnerable northern communities who depend on the hunt for both food and their livelihoods. It you can’t then you can find it on itunes for few bucks. I felt a certain amount of guilt having taken part in the campaign and really pushed and promoted it. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Angry Inuk, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, provided by the National Film Board of Canada. Angry Inuk, a documentary tracing the battle between Inuit seal hunters and opposing activists, will receive its Canadian TV debut next month. Dear Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, What an fantastic film! It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Seal meat is a staple food for Inuit, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraordinary cost of hunting. ;] -- A new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, challenge anti-sealing groups.℗ They are pushing for a … I see people living in poverty around me. They are pushing for a sustainable way to take part in the global economy, but in opposition stands an army of … As part of TIFF's Top 10 selected by a panel of film professionals, Angry Inuk will tour Canada and is also travelling to numerous festivals abroad; it's … Angry Inuk is about how Inuit hunters in tiny remote communities in the high arctic are negatively affected by animal rights groups protesting against the Canadian east coast seal hunt that happens a thousand kilometres away. After a few minutes into this very informative documentary I started to understand: The Inuit live traditionally from the hunt on seals and the sales of the fur, skin, fat and oil. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. “Angry Inuk was truly breathtaking.” - Grade 11 student, Southwood SS, Cambridge, ON. 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