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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/kwag-inuit-film-series-angry-inuk/
SUMMARY:KWAG Inuit Film Series (Angry Inuk)
DESCRIPTION:Join the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery for this free screening
  of the feature documentary Angry Inuk\, presented as part of their Inuit 
 Film Series:\n&nbsp\;\n\nAngry Inuk (Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | 2016 | 82 min
 )\n\nIn her award-winning film Angry Inuk\, Inuk director Alethea Arnaquq
 -Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to cha
 llenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Though most commercia
 l sealing is conducted by Inuit in the Arctic\, anti-sealing activism has 
 created a perception of the industry that denies their central role in the
  sealskin market. To reinsert themselves into the international discussion
 \, these Inuit activists must inconvenience the fundraising campaigns of a
 nimal groups by using all the tricks in the social media book\, and invent
  some of their own along the way\, like “sealfies.” Seal meat is a sta
 ple food for Inuit\, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraord
 inary cost of hunting. Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters\
 , and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibilit
 y for protecting the environment. They are pushing for a sustainable way t
 o take part in the global economy\, but in opposition stands an army of we
 ll-funded activists and well-meaning celebrities. \n&nbsp\;\nArnaquq-Baril
  and her cameras travel through the Canadian Arctic\, giving voice to the 
 people the animal activists rarely bother to meet: the hunters\, the craft
 speople\, the families for whom the seal hunt is a critical part of their 
 livelihood and survival. She follows a group of students to Europe\, where
  they plead the Inuit case before a European Union panel. The film interwe
 aves the reality of Inuit life with the story of their challenge to both t
 he anti-sealing industry and those nations that mine resources on Inuit la
 nds while simultaneously destroying the main sustainable economy available
  to the people who live there. As one student said\, “We need to stop th
 e cultural prejudice that is imposed on us by not being allowed to benefit
  from our natural surroundings without having to drill into the ground. An
 d that’s really all we want as a people.” .\n&nbsp\;\n\nFor more info
 rmation visit the organizer's website here.\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Free Event,Screenings
LOCATION:Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery\, 101 Queen St. North\, Kitchener\,
  ON\, N2H 6P7\, Canada
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