About
Result of conflicts between White, Indigenous and Inuit, Inuit families have fled the land to take refuge on islands, including the Belcher Islands. On those islands, no caribou could be found, but the bird fauna was prominent. So the Inuits have developed a bird skins clothing technology, and so they were dressed of bird-skin clothes only. It was the particularity of those islanders, which distinguished them from the inhabitants of the lands, who were wearing clothes made of caribou skins. This film illustrates the art of making clothes with bird skins.
MITIGAQ (1971)
On these Hudson Bay islands, traditional clothing was sewn from eider ducks skins.
16 mm colour movie (silent)
15 minutes
Director: B. Saladin d’Anglure
Camera: B. Saladin d’Anglure
Shot at Qurlutuq (Sanikiluaq – Belcher Islands, NU), August 1971
With the assistance of Jimmy Innaarulik Mark, Interpreter, transcriber, translator and filming support from Sylvie Pharand, Masters in anthropology candidate, Université Laval
Inuit participants: Kalai Kullualuk, Samueli Iqaluk, Aani Amittuq and Aisa Amittuq.
Off-line editing: Philippe Laugrand of audiovisual services at Université Laval, and the film team with the support of the director
Funding: CNRS, Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Museum of Civilization and Département des affaires culturelle du Québec.
