Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1995
Runtime: 53 min
Status: Released
Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation
1995
53 min
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- Canada
Spoken Languages
- English en
- Inuktitut iu
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Cast
Erna Buffie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Brian Dooley
Voice
George Hargrave
Voice
Jimmy Mark
Voice
Judith Merritt
Voice
Urutuq Ningiurluut
Voice
July Papatsie
Voice
Eva Pilurtuut
Voice
Paul Stewart
Voice
Crew
Patricia V. Tassinari
Director
Erna Buffie
Writer
Barrie Howells
Producer
George Hargrave
Producer
Don Haig
Executive Producer
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