The Big Lemming

Trailer for Iglu:Angirraq, a look at the housing and homelessness crisis affecting Inuit in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

a film by Mosha Folger

with
Karen Beddard
Ed Folger
Nikkutai Folger

music:
Nancy Lesh
Moby
Nine Inch Nails

Extended Cut

with financial and other assistance from SAW Video and the City of Ottawa

Inspired by the work of my maternal grandfather, Pudlo Pudlat, this stop-motion short tells the story of a male owl, driven by hunger, as he goes in search of food in a late-spring snowstorm – but in his pursuit he may have met his match.

Writer/director/producer: Mosha Folger

I could not have completed the project without the help of Karen, my partner in all things.

Mosha Folger draws a narrative arc with spoken word and song; from his Inuit ancestors hunting seals to leaving his Arctic home to the glimmer of hope he sees for the future of his people.… Uqalimakkanirit