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If the Weather Permits

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This short documentary studies life in the village of Kangirsujuaq, Nunavik. In this community on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, children’s laughter fills the streets while the old people ponder the passage of time. They are nomads of the wide-open spaces who are trying to get used to the strange feeling of staying put. While the teenagers lap up Southern culture and play golf on the tundra to kill time, the Elders are slowly dying, as their entire culture seems to fade away. Elisapie Isaac, a filmmaker born in Nunavik, decides to return to her roots on this breathtaking land. To bridge the growing gap between the young and the old, she speaks to her grandfather, now deceased, and confides in him her hopes and fears. Grappling with isolation, family relationships, resource extraction, land-based knowledges, the influence of Southern culture and the ongoing impacts of colonialism on Inuit ways of life, Elisapie Isaac offers a nuanced portrait of the North.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • inuit
  • woman director
  • nunavik

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Behind the camera

Director

Élisapie

Writers

Élisapie

Produced in

Canada

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical14 Jan 2004
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalNot sure of the exact date10 Jun 2003

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If the Weather Permits was released on 10 June 2003.

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