The film Martha of the North screens in Kuujjuaq
By Martine Dufour
The Inuktitut version of the film Martha of the North will be shown on the Big Screen at Kuujjuaq Town Hall on Monday, June 7, 2010 at 20:30.
Synopsis: In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North. In this icy desert realm, Martha Flaherty and her family lived through one of Canadian history’s most sombre and little-known episodes.
Click on the link here to see the film trailer: http://www.nfb.ca/film/martha_of_the_north_trailer/
The film protagonist, Martha Flaherty, and the director, Marquise Lepage, will both be present at the screening. A question-and-answer session will follow.
This screening is an initiative of Avataq Cultural Institute and the National Film Board of Canada.
