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Fish Traps

1993 · 30 min

Quiet, patient observation of families waiting on nature, with a slow rhythm and a gentle sense of place.

Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pauloosie Qulitalik, Paul Akkitiq, David Aqqiaruq
Overview
As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable.... [Third Isuma recreated fiction, 1993.]

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Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pauloosie Qulitalik, Paul Akkitiq, David Aqqiaruq
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • nature
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Written by
Zacharias Kunuk
Starring
Pauloosie Qulitalik, Paul Akkitiq, David Aqqiaruq, Joyce Aqqiaruq
Runtime
30 min
Country
Canada
Languages
Inuktitut

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