Angry Inuk

Canada, 2016. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. 85min.

The fight to protect an essential element of Inuit life and livelihood, the seal hunt, in the face of attack from well-funded and powerful NGOs is captured by Inuk producer and director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril in this 2016 documentary. From the vast frozen vistas of Kimmirut, Nunavut to the halls of the European Parliament Arnaquq-Baril provides powerful evidence that sealing provides not only a traditional source of food and clothing but is a viable source of income for Northern communities in the contemporary global market. In the face of non-Inuit celebrities and animal rights groups campaigning against the hunt, the film focuses on those people directly impacted by proposed anti-sealing legislation, including Inuit hunters, youth, and lawyer and sealskin clothing designer Aaju Peter.  

Past screenings

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – London
Wednesday 28 May, 19:00 | London College of Fashion
Presented as a double bill alongside Nanook of the North (1922).