Inukjuak ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ – International First Peoples’ Festival
Free Activity | Space is limited, no reservations
The McCord Stewart Museum and the International First Peoples’ Festival invite you to the screening of Inukjuak ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ by Hannah Walti and Geela Kumarluk. Stick around after the movie for a conversation with the creators.
Inukjuak ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ
Hannah Walti, Geela Kumarluk – United States 2024 1h41 – original audio in English and Inuktitut with English subtitles
The film explores the history, resilience, and future of the Inuit community of Inukjuak. Through moving testimonies and striking images, it paints a portrait of a people marked by their past, united by their strength, and rooted in the beauty of their land. The wounds left by relocation, residential schools, and forced settlement are gradually giving way to a powerful will: to rebuild a proud community, rooted in its history and resolutely focused on the future.
With director Hannah Walti in attendance
Information
- Free activity, in English, August 5, 2026, at 6 p.m.
- Space limited, no reservations
- Length: 135 minutes
- Location: J. Armand Bombardier Theatre
Learn more about the directors
Hannah Walti
Hannah Walti is a French-Canadian filmmaker and journalist. She believes in exploring and widening her understanding of the world by seeking and telling exceptional stories outside of the mainstream, with a touch of poetry that allows audiences to relate to her subjects on a deeply human level. She’s a graduate of the Ealing Studios London Met Film School and the ESRA Paris Film School.
Geela Kumarluk
Geela Kumarluk is a social worker in Inukjuak and has been caring for and helping others her whole life—from her younger siblings when she was a child, her brother and sister’s children now, and anyone who needs it. She’s a mother of two and raises her children with care and love, elements that were lacking in her upbringing due to the traumatic past her family shares with all Inuit, who experienced the horror of the residential school system.
Screening and discussion
Wednesday, August 12
International First Peoples’ Festival
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