The screening tells five powerful stories from the frontlines of climate change, where Arctic Indigenous communities fight for survival and the future they want to see.
Language: Eng Duration: 20 min Age Limit: For all ages
-
Sat 8.3. -
16:30 -
Finnkino Cine Atlas 3 -
12,50
-
ST84
- Buy ticket
Coastal erosion. Windmills over reindeer. Inuit without snow. Overconsumption. Salmon fishing bans. Witness: Arctic Indigenous Voices tells five powerful stories from the frontlines of climate change, where Arctic Indigenous communities fight for survival and the future they want to see.
The screening captures the resilience of Tuktoyaktuk’s youth as coastal erosion forces them to relocate, echoing the scars of colonisation. This theme of environmental disruption continues with green energy projects threatening Sámi traditions, exposing the painful trade-offs of so-called progress. We follow Inuit sisters passing on ancestral wisdom to prepare their daughters for a life without the land they once knew. A Greenlandic perspective exposes the connection between overconsumption and environmental destruction, while Alaska Native communities unite to protect their vital salmon fisheries.
Witness: Arctic Indigenous Voices lays bare the relentless struggle of Indigenous peoples against a world in flux and their unwavering determination to preserve their way of life.
Amee Kim-Cương Lê
Program Curator of Witness: Arctic Indigenous Voices 2024
-
The Children Were Taken from the Land. Now, the Land Is Being Taken from the Children
Director: Carmen Kuptana, Eriel LugtCountry: Tuktoyaktuk, CanadaYear: 2024Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 5 minCoastal erosion is forcing the Inuvialuit to relocate inland, and the young people of Tuktoyaktuk share how their love for the land and culture helps them adapt, heal, and maintain hope for the future.
-
Red-Shaded Green
Director: Johannes VangCountry: Sápmi, NorwayYear: 2024Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 4 minWhen green energy comes at the expense of Sámi traditional life and culture, this poetic film questions the sustainability of combating climate change by replacing one form of destruction with another.
-
Lessons from Our Grandfather
Director: Ashley Qilavaq-Savard, Jennifer KilabukCountry: Iqaluit, CanadaYear: 2024Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 4 minAn Inuk’s life is tied to the cold, so a warming Arctic climate is a stark reminder of how climate change can impact cultural transference over generations. Filmmaker sisters draw on their grandfather’s wisdom to prepare their daughters for resilience in a changing world.
-
Civilised
Director: Marc Fussing RosbachCountry: Nuuk, GreenlandYear: 2024Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 3 min“Civilized” means “big spender” in Greenlandic. Using this Indigenous language insight, the film meditates on the connection between climate change and overconsumption.
-
This Is a Story about Salmon
Director: Princess Daazhraii JohnsonCountry: Alaska, United StatesYear: 2024Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 7 minAs traditional salmon fishing comes under threat, Alaska Native subsistence communities come together to support one another, heal, and deliver a powerful testimony to their resilience and resistance.
