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Interactive Event:
October 23 2010, 7pm (Eastern Standard Time)

SCREENING PREMIERE - Al Green Theatre, 50 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
& LIVE ON THE WEB - Simultaneous to screening - Globally

If you are attending imagineNATIVE this year, we invite you attend the world premiere of Isuma’s new documentary - Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change. Isuma's new film portrays Inuit as experts on their land and wildlife, and makes it clear that climate change is a human rights issue affecting Indigenous culture.

If you can't make it to Toronto, tune in virtually below for a live video webcast of the event, starting at 7pm EST on Oct 23. If you have a slow internet connection, select our low-bandwidth option on our website to connect to an audio-only stream.

After the screening of the 54 minute film, filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro will be taking questions both from the audience in Toronto and over Skype.

Send filmmakers your questions after the screening to Skype Username: isumatv.ikcc.

We invite you to attend the screening, watch the live webcast, and skype-in to participate.

Nunavut-based director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat The Fast Runner) and researcher and filmmaker Dr. Ian Mauro (Seeds of Change) have teamed up with Inuit communities to document their knowledge and experience regarding climate change. This new documentary, the world’s first Inuktitut language film on the topic, takes the viewer “on the land” with elders and hunters to explore the social and ecological impacts of a warming Arctic. This unforgettable film helps us to appreciate Inuit culture and expertise regarding environmental change and indigenous ways of adapting to it.

Exploring centuries of Inuit knowledge, allowing the viewer to learn about climate change first-hand from Arctic residents themselves, the film portrays Inuit as experts regarding their land and wildlife and makes it clear that climate change is a human rights issue affecting this ingenious Indigenous culture. Hear stories about Arctic melting and how Inuit believe that human and animal intelligence are key to adaptability and survival in a warming world.

Community-based screenings of the film are now being organized across Canada. Stay tuned for more information, new blog posts and videos added to this channel regularly.

Please feel free to contact us should you like to organize a screening in your area. Email us: isuma@isuma.ca.