NUTAK - Memories of a Resettlement

by Sarah Sandring
  • NirgunFilms
  • NirgunFilms
  • NirgunFilms
  • (c) Nirgun FIlms

    Synopsis

    In a 1948 clandestine operation, 100 Mushuau Innu - an indigenous hunting people of Northern Labrador, Canada - were ordered into the cargo hold of a ship and transported far beyond their lands. To this day, the events remain shrouded in mystery. - A ship, piercing winds, the death of a young man and insurmountable mountains. - All are recurring fragments, parts of a jigsaw puzzle with many missing pieces. Though only a short two-year period, the move to Nutak was an omen for what was to follow. It marked the first attempt of the Canadian government to settle the nomadic Mushuau Innu. After decades of settlement and silence, Innu elders wanted to revisit Nutak and tell their memories. This film follows their call.

    Festivals

    2017 Nominierung für Publikumspreis, Cinema Politica, Kanada
    2017 Best-Of Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Festival, München, Germany
    Festivals
    2016 Cinema Politica, Kanada und weltweit
    2016 Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Festival, Stuttgart
    2015 Native Spirit Film Festival, London, UK
    2015 Labradorians on Film, Goose Bay, Labrador
    2014 Berkeley Special Screening Series, Berkeley, USA
    2014 Montréal First Peoples Festival, Montréal, Kanada
    2014 Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal