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Martha qui vient du froid

2008 1 h 23 min
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Sur une musique originale d’Elisapie Isaac, ce long métrage documentaire raconte l’histoire de Martha Flaherty, qui a vécu une bonne partie de sa vie au « Pôle Nord ». Au milieu des années cinquante, sous de fausses promesses de vie meilleure, le gouvernement canadien déporte et abandonne à leur sort des familles inuites dans l’extrême Arctique. C’est dans ce désert de glace que Martha et sa famille ont vécu l’une des pages les plus sombres et les plus méconnues de l’histoire canadienne.

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Sur une musique originale d’Elisapie Isaac, ce long métrage documentaire raconte l’histoire de Martha Flaherty, qui a vécu une bonne partie de sa vie au « Pôle Nord ». Au milieu des années cinquante, sous de fausses promesses de vie meilleure, le gouvernement canadien déporte et abandonne à leur sort des familles inuites dans l’extrême Arctique. C’est dans ce désert de glace que Martha et sa famille ont vécu l’une des pages les plus sombres et les plus méconnues de l’histoire canadienne.

  • script
    Marquise Lepage
    Martha Flaherty
  • narration text
    Marquise Lepage
  • assistant director
    Évangéline De Pas
  • location photographer
    Évangéline De Pas
  • participant
    Martha Flaherty
    Rynee Flaherty
    Mary Flaherty
    Peter Flaherty
    Larry Audlaluk
    John Amagoalik
    Dora Padluk
    Minnie Killiktee
    Myna Kiguktak
    Camille Lachance
    Pauline Akeeagok
    Rose Christensen
    Emily Kakkee
    Ashley Kalluk
    Rita Killiktee
    Samantha Killiktee
    Lydia Kyak
    Annie Mary
    Laurrie Noah
    Lydia Noah
    Jennifer Qaapik
  • guide
    Jimmie Qaapik
    Looty Pijamini
  • sculptor
    Looty Pijamini
  • research
    Marquise Lepage
    Évangéline De Pas
    Martha Flaherty
    Julia Bennett
  • film research
    Évangéline De Pas
  • translation
    Martha Flaherty
    Poasie Joamie
    Annie Ningeok
    Erica Pomerance
    Lucie Tapardjuk
    Kathleen Fee
    Marquise Lepage
  • picture
    René Sioui Labelle
  • location sound
    Poasie Joamie
    Chantal Rhéaume
  • picture editing
    Dominique Champagne
  • None
    Nancy Gendron
    Mirenda Ouellet
    Claude Collins
    Claude Beaugrand
  • voice-over
    Elisapie Isaac
    Jean-Pierre Chartrand
    Luc-Martial Dagenais
    Marie-Claude Michaud
    François Papineau
    Gisèle Trépanier
  • song
    Elisapie Isaac
  • original music
    Elisapie Isaac
  • musician
    Roger Miron
  • Inuit throat singer
    Pauline Akeeagok
    Martha Flaherty
  • computer graphic artist
    Dominic Audy
    Philippe Raymond
  • sound designer
    Claude Beaugrand
  • dialog editing
    Francine Poirier
  • foley effects
    Lise Wedlock
  • sound mixer
    Luc Boudrias
    Hans Laitres
  • development director
    Stéphanie Verrier
  • administrator
    Sylvie Desrosiers
    Johanne Dubuc
  • technical coordinator
    Richard Cliche
  • production coordinator
    Christine Dugas
    Noreen Bélanger
    Catherine Lachance
  • delegate producer
    Isabelle Fortier
  • producer
    Marcel Simard
  • executive producer
    Monique Simard
  • director
    Marquise Lepage
  • associate producer
    Yves Bisaillon
    Johanne Bergeron

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Why did the Canadian government relocate some Inuit to the high north? What tactics did the government use to persuade families to relocate? Were these tactics ethical? What do the tactics used to relocate Inuit reveal about the attitudes and mindset of those who initiated and instigate the relocation? What prompted the Canadian government to apologize for the inhumane and unethical treatment towards Inuit who relocated? What other actions have been taken to reconcile with Inuit? What more can be done as a society to reconcile? Research short- and long-term negative social implications of forced relocation and separation from family. How is forced relocation used as a tool to colonize Indigenous Peoples? Why is it important to include Inuit realities and experiences when educating people about the historical shaping of Canada?

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