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SUMMARY VIDEO
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
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Length
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Length
60 min
15 min
Broadcast
Length
44 min
Film
Seeing caribou, like it’s good medicine in a way to say, like it calms you down, relaxes your mind
- Karl Michelin, Rigolet, Nunatsiavut
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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