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My First Polar Bear

2000 · 48 min

A quiet, patient look at a boy learning a hard, old skill from his grandfather in a vast, cold landscape.

Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Genres
Documentary
Overview
An 11-year-old is taught by his grandfather to capture his first polar bear.
How it feels
Earnest, warm and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Coming-of-age, family, survival, trauma
Content
Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Written by
Zacharias Kunuk
Runtime
48 min
Country
Canada
Languages
Inuktitut

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