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Where the Children Dwell ()

Directed by Jobie Weetaluktuk

Documentary · 26m

A deeply personal film from award-winning filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk about the Inuit experience of residential school. The purpose of the early educational system in the Arctic, as with other aboriginal populations, was assimilation – “to take the Eskimo out of the child”. In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official apology in the House of Commons to former students of aboriginal residential schools – but can the pain ever be erased? Drawing upon archival footage, old photographs, and songs, Kakalakkuvik recounts the vivid memories of students from Port Harrison (now Inukjuak, Québec), the first group of Inuit to sue the federal government for compensation.

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Cast

P
Pauloosie Kasudluak
J
Johnny Naktialuk
A
Alli Nalukturuk
S
Simeonie Nalaturuk
L
Louisa Aqriaruk Ningeok
M
Mary Putugi Ningeok
D
Daniel Nulukie
A
Anna Kasudluak Ohaituk

Crew

Director
Jobie Weetaluktuk
Writer
Jobie Weetaluktuk
Editor
Marie-Christine Sarda
Producer
Katarina Soukup

Details

Original title
Kakalakkuvik
Runtime
26m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Inuktitut