Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)

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Zacharias Kunuk's new historical drama, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), coming to festivals and theatres in 2025.

Igloolik, Nunavut, 2000 BCE. Teenage lovers Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the two apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right.

STARRING
Theresia KAPPIANAQ as Kaujak
Haiden ANGUTIMARIK as Sapa

WITH
Leah PANIMERA as Nujatut
Mark TAQQAUGAQ as Makpa
Devon Dion AMARUALIK as Angusiaq
Emma QUASSA as Ulluriaq
Karen IVALU as Fog Lady

 

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