Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland practice the Inuk art of throat singing in their small village of Kangirsuk. Their mesmerizing voices carry through the four seasons of their Arctic land.
Official Selection - 2019 Sundance Film Festival
TIFF - Young Creators Showcase - TIFF Next Wave Film Festival
REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay
Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
PLURAL + Youth Video Film Festival (joint initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian - Native Cinema Showcase
The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA)
Milano Film Festival
The Native Spirit Festival
American Indian Film Festival - AIFF
Shining Mountain Film Festical
Production: Wapikoni Mobile
Screenplay: Wapikoni Mobile Team
Co-Directors: Manon Chamberland and Eva Kaukai in collaboration with the Wapikoni Mobile team
Camera: Saviluk Thomassie, Emilie Baillargeon, Clark Ferguson
Drone Operator: Johnny Nassak
Editing: Emilie Baillargeon
Sound Recording: Simon Thériault
Original Music: Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland
Filmmaker Mentors: Clark Ferguson, Émilie Baillargeon, Virginia Fernandes
Youth Outreach Worker: Simon Thériault
Assistant Filmmaker: Ulivia Uviluk
Local Coordinator: Ulivia Uviluk
Filmmakers Bio:
Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland were both born in Nunavik and grew up in Kangirsuk. By participating in a creative stopover with Wapikoni Mobile, they were able to use sound and video to express their reality, their culture and their attachment to the land through throat singing.
About Wapikoni Mobile
Wapikoni Mobile is an intervention, training and creative studio for Indigenous youth. Its mission is to amplify the voices of the Indigenous generation through film and music, to broadcast their work in Canada and abroad, and to act as a tool for professional development and social transformation. Since 2004, thousands of Wapikoni participants from 28 Nations have collaborated on more than 1,200 short films translated into multiple languages and winners of numerous awards and honors at national and international festivals.
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Website: wapikoni.ca
Cast: Wapikoni mobile and Clark Ferguson
Tags: throat singing, traditional song and nunavik
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