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Timuti

  • 2012
  • 30m

In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her unplanned child. In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generations of his people, evoking other Timutis, alive and dead, who will nourish his spirit and shape his destiny.

Overview

In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her unplanned child. In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generations of his people, evoking other Timutis, alive and dead, who will nourish his spirit and shape his destiny.

Cast

  • Andrew P. Atagotaaluk
  • Jacka Echalook
  • Elisapee Inukpuk
  • Kim Moorhouse
  • Timothy Napartuk
  • Bobby Nayoumealuk
  • Alacie Sherry Nayoumealuk
  • Timothy Tommy Nayoumealuk

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