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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

People of a feather / Sanikiluaq Running Pictures presents an International Polar Year Canada production ; filmed, directed and produced by Joel Heath.

Publisher, Date:

[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]

New York, NY : First Run Features

Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, takes us through time into the world of the Inuit in the northern reaches of Canada. Connecting past, present and future is the Inuit's unique relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and bird to survive harsh Arctic winters.

Subjects:

Inuit -- Nunavut -- Sanikiluaq.

Eider -- Effect of dams on -- Nunavut.

Subsistence hunting -- Nunavut -- Belcher Islands.

Environmental monitoring -- Nunavut -- Belcher Islands.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Documentary films.

Other Author:

Heath, Joel, 1976-

Sanikiluaq Running Pictures.

First-Run Features (Firm)

Notes:

Title from web page and container.

Originally released as a documentary film in 2011.

Bonus materials: Short films (community based monitoring; Eider studies; history; location; Sanikiluaq today); music video (SKQ by Arctic Recordz); behind the scenes (building an igloo; making Eider skin parkas; making a seal skin kayak).

DVD.

English and Inuktitut dialogue; English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean subtitles; Described video for the visually impaired.

ISBN:

9786315305948

6315305946

Publisher Number:

FRF 915748D

Other Number:

866852468

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

400090

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 971.95 People o