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Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation
Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

1995

N/R

Categories:

  • Documentary

Overview:

In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and assuring them they could return home after two years if things didn't work out. They would not see their ancestral lands for 30 years. Abandoned in flimsy tents, the Inuit were left to fend for themselves in the desolate settlements of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord, where the sea was nearly always frozen and darkness reigned for months on end.

Patricia V. Tassinari

Director

George Hargrave

Producer

Barrie Howells

Producer

Erna Buffie

Writer

Cast:

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  • Erna Buffie

    Erna Buffie

    Self - Narrator (voice...
  • Brian Dooley

    Brian Dooley

    Voice
  • George Hargrave

    George Hargrave

    Voice
  • Jimmy Mark

    Jimmy Mark

    Voice
  • Judith Merritt

    Judith Merritt

    Voice
  • Urutuq Ningiurluut

    Urutuq Ningiurluut

    Voice