History

Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay. Connecting past, present and future is a unique relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and bird to survive harsh Arctic winters.

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Youth from Kangirsujuaq, Quebec learn traditional land survival skills from local instructors such as trapping, creating/finding shelter in a storm.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2011

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: In the fall of 2012, a large herd of caribou were spotted near Umiujaq, Quebec. After a few days at the end of a successful hunt, local hunters triumphantly returned to the village with a plane load of caribou meat for the village.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2012

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Part 2 of 2; Umiujaq elders Willie Kumarluk and Robbie Tookalook talk about the early days of the village of Umiujaq, Quebec. Umiujaq is a small village with a population of around 440 residents, situated on the East side of the Hudson Bay.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2013

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Akulivik elders Lucy Quitsak Anautak and Johnny Qaqutuk recount the early days before and during the founding of the village of Akulivik, which is located on the Hudson’s Bay, now has a population of roughly 500 people, having been incorporated as a village in 1976.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2014

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Part 1 of 2; Umiujaq elders Willie Kumarluk and Robbie Tookalook talk about the early days of the village of Umiujaq, Quebec. Umiujaq is a small village with a population of around 440 residents, situated on the East side of the Hudson Bay.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2013

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Part 2 of 2 of a series Interviews and storytelling with the elders of Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2012

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Part 1 of 2 of a series Interviews and storytelling with the elders of Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2012

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: A series of interviews and storytelling with the elders of Puvirnituq, Quebec.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2006