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Filmmaker: Tamara Bull

Frank Austin Manyhorses is a healer that offers a ceremony to clear negative energy.

Filmmaker: Tamara Bull

Filmmaker Contact:

Cedar Root Productions www.cedarrootproductions.com

Producer's Name: Tamara Bull

Year of Production: 2008

Sexual Abuse in the native community must end. We need to make it a priority with our leaders.

Filmmaker: Tamara Bell

Filmmaker Contact:

Tamara Bell www.cedarrootproductions.com

Producer's Name: Tamara Bell

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

This is the trailer of the film "Issaittuq". A story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol, he is trying to put the reality and the past behind, but the past keeps hunting him. One day he looses control of himself and starts beating a man who's walking on a street beside his house.… Uqalimakkanirit

A short film about a young man living in downtown Toronto, and the pressures of his world.

Filmmaker: Brad Nolan

Filmmaker Contact:

ajones@nativechild.org

Producer's Name: 7th Generation Image Makers

Year of Production: 2005

Distributor Information:

Artcirq tells the story of how a group of young circus performers try to teach young Inuit to use circus to find more meaning in life and reject suicide.… Uqalimakkanirit

This film is about rebirth - a young man coming to grips with his past and trying to change the future. This film takes place mostly in his jail cell as he burns Indian medicine for strength. While the medicine burns and smoke comes up from a wooden smudge bowl he reflects on his past.… Uqalimakkanirit

A young girl leads her father through his dark depression. Premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for best live short at the American Indian Film Festival. Shot in Six Nations, Ontario.

Filmmaker: Zoe Leigh Hopkins

Filmmaker Contact:

zhopkins@telus.net

Producer's Name: Zoe Leigh Hopkins

This second Isuma-Artcirq co-production by Igloolik youth is a story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol to put reality and the past behind, the past keeps hunting him. When he loses control and beats up a man on the street he is sentenced to two months in an outpost camp, where a hunter is waiting for him. 

407, Artcirq, Igloolik Isuma, NITV productions 2006, Producer Guillaume Saladin, Director Bruce Haulli. Inuktut w/English s-t.