Between Two Worlds

Greenwald, Barry, (film director.). Raymont, Peter, (film producer.). Sears, Barbara, (film producer.). Investigative Productions Inc. (Toronto), (film producer.).

Summary: Unknown to most Canadians today, Joseph Idlout was once the world's most famous Inuit.The subject of films and books, Idlout was one of the Inuit hunters pictured for many years on the back of Canada's $2 bill. Idlout became a symbol of his people, the heroic myth that fascinated the white imagination. In this film Idlout's son, Peter Paniloo, takes us on a journey through his father's life. Idlout, the great hunter, becomes a fox-fur trapper and guide. He gets caught up in the white world, trying to improve his family's fortunes. Finally, Joseph Idlout does not know who he is or where he belongs. He is "between two worlds." Joseph Idlout could never have imagined the changes that would overwhelm his North. But he was one of its first casualties.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (57 min., 50 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
Copyright: ♭1990

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Barry Greenwald ; producer, Peter Raymont, Barbara Sears ; script, Barbara Sears ; cinematography, Douglas Kiefer, Martin Duckworth ; animation camera, Andrew Ruhl ; sound, Ian Hendry, John Martin ; editing, John Kramer ; sound editing, Alison Clark ; re-recording, David Appleby ; music, Mark Korven.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, William Whitehead.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1990.
Target Audience Note:	14-16.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).