Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1985
Runtime: 24 min
Status: Released
The Last Days of Okak
1985
24 min
Overview
This short documentary tells the story the once-thriving town of Okak, an Inuit settlement on the northern Labrador coast. Moravian missionaries evangelized the coast and encouraged the growth of Inuit settlements, but it was also a Moravian ship that brought the deadly Spanish influenza during the world epidemic of 1919. The Inuit of the area were decimated, and Okak was abandoned. Through diaries, old photos and interviews with survivors, this film relates the story of the epidemic and examines the relations between natives and missionaries.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- Canada
Spoken Languages
- English en
- Inuktitut iu
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Cast
Waldo Scharwey
Narrator (voice)
Fran Williams
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Nigel Markham
Director
Anne Budgell
Director
Anne Budgell
Writer
Kent Martin
Producer
Barry Cowling
Executive Producer
Nigel Markham
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