2013 | Canada | Short

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2 - Finding Home

  • 10 mins
  • Director | Nyla Innuksuk
  • Writer | Nyla Innuksuk
  • Producer | David Christensen
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This short film chronicles filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk's emotional journey to Nunavut to connect with the land of her ancestors and with her Inuk father, whom she has not seen in over 20 years. Nyla's return to her Igloolik birthplace culminates with a lesson on lighting a qulliq, the traditional Inuit oil lamp.

Indigenous Cinema ancestor journey emotional connect traditional oil lamp lighting
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