Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation (1995)

Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

1995

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Patricia V. Tassinari

Cast

Brian Dooley as Voice

Erna Buffie as Self - Narrator (voice)

Eva Pilurtuut as Voice

George Hargrave as Voice

Jimmy Mark as Voice

Judith Merritt as Voice

July Papatsie as Voice

Paul Stewart as Voice