The Hunters (Asivaqtiin)

Michael, Mosha, (film director.). Raymont, Peter, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Released in 1977, this beautifully paced short was photographed, directed, edited and narrated by Mosha Michael - one of Canada's first Inuk filmmakers. Michael offers a first-hand account of a three-week Arctic hunting excursion, a rehabilitative trip undertaken by young offenders from Baffin Correctional Centre, Ikajurtauvik (Inuktitut for a place where help is received) and their families. Dropping anchor at various points throughout Frobisher Bay, they fish for cod, hunt for seal and caribou, and renew family and community ties. Shooting on a Super 8 camera and providing his own narration, Michael crafts an engaging document of Inuk life in the 1970s. An original score features music and songs in Inuktitut by Kowmageak Arngnakolak and Michael himself.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (13 min., 17 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2017.
Copyright: ©1977

Content descriptions

General Note:	Indigenous filmmaker (Inuit). Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Mosha Michael ; photography, Mosha Michael ; editing, Mosha Michael ; producer, Peter Raymont ; sound editing, John Knight ; re-recording, Frank Griffiths ; music, Kowmageak Arngnakolak, Mosha Michael.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Mosha Michael.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1977.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
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).