Language(s) of original version
Innu-Aimung
Description (one paragraph)
Nutshimit – on the land
tells the present-day story of one of the last semi-nomadic hunting people of
Canada, the Mushuau Innu of Labrador. The Mushuau Innu themselves commissioned
the film for their children and coming generations of Innu to create a visual
legacy of their continuing life on the land, which they call Nutshimit. The
Innu teenagers Becca, Sage, Todd and Pinip are staying at different hunting
camps with their families. Their adventures and conversations with their
grandparents weave an intimate and profound portrait of a people whose
survival, history and worldview is intertwined with the land, the animals, the
plants and the spirit world. Only between the lines, the presence of another, a
threatening society becomes tangible. Nutshimit – on the land is part of a
greater documentary collaboration and filmmaker exchange with the community of
Natuashish, which also created a film training initiative for young Innu.
Texte officiel
Four Innu teenagers at
different hunting camps. Their adventures and conversations with their
grandparents weave a profound portrait of a people whose survival and worldview
is intertwined with the land, the animals, the plants and the spirit world.
