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A STORY OF INUIT AND CARIBOU IN LABRADOR

"YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE THE CARIBOU" 

In the startling collapse of the once massive George River Caribou Herd - and a subsequent total hunting ban - Inuit in Labrador, Canada, were abruptly confronted with a new reality: life without a fundamental source of food, culture, and wellbeing. Through Inuit voices, HERD: Inuit Voices on Caribou tells the story of the social, emotional, and cultural disruptions from cascading ecological change by putting an essential human face to the caribou declines. The film, which was developed over four years of intimate collaboration between filmmakers and communities, cinematically explores an array of lived experiences, from youth to Elders and hunters to cooks, to ensure that the stories of those living on the frontlines of this conservation crisis are HERD. It is a portrait of the deep and delicate interconnections that exist between humans and non-human life, a glimpse of heartbreaking loss and pain felt by entire communities, and an unforgettable testament of cultural endurance, hope, and resilience in the context of ecological uncertainty.

Synopsis

Trailer

Trailer
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Full
Length

Short
Length

60 min

15 min

Broadcast
Length

44 min

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Inuit from the Nunatsiavut & NunatuKavut Regions

Film
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Behind-the-scenes

CREDITS

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
DAVID BORISH

PRODUCER
ASHLEE CUNSOLO

PRODUCER
SHERILEE L. HARPER

CO-PRODUCER
INEZ SHIWAK

CO-PRODUCER
JAMIE SNOOK

CO-PRODUCER
MICHELE WOOD

CO-PRODUCER
AMY HUDSON

CO-PRODUCER
AARON DALE

CO-PRODUCER
JIM GOUDIE

CO-PRODUCER
CHARLENE KIPPENHUCK

CO-PRODUCER
MEREDITH PURCELL

CO-PRODUCER
GEORGE RUSSELL JR.

CO-PRODUCER
CHARLIE FLOWERS

CO-PRODUCER
JOSEPH TOWNLEY

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

IAN MAURO

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