Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

1967 | 95 minutes | 5.0 ★ (2)

Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice
  • Overview

    Late June, and much of the land is bare. There are sounds of running water, and melt ponds shine everywhere. The woman carries heather and moss to camp and the man makes a whirling bullroarer for the boy. Another child pretends to drive a dog sled. A woman is working sinews into bowstrings, while another is busy with a seal skin. A woman prepares to cook a meal and a man makes a bow from bone and sinews. It is a demanding task to combine such materials into a strong supple weapon; the result is pleasing to the man. The next day the men move out on the sea ice with a dog to look for seal pups.

  • Release Date

    23 December 1967

  • DirectingQuentin Brown
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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