Saputi - Fish Traps

Saputi
Fish Traps

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1993
DURATION: 28 minutes
GENRE: Drama
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Igloolik Isuma Productions
LANGUAGE: Inuktitut with English, French s-t

SYNOPSIS:

As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable....

Saputi is a part of the Unikaatuatiit (Story Tellers) Series.

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Production Information

DIRECTOR(S): Zacharias Kunuk

PRODUCER(S): Paulossie Qulitalik

WRITER(S): Zacharias Kunuk

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Norman Cohn

EDITOR(S): Zacharias Kunuk

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn

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