Timuti
2012•30m•Released
Documentary
In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her unplanned child. In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generations of his people, evoking other Timutis, alive and dead, who will nourish his spirit and shape his destiny.
Director
Jobie Weetaluktuk
Writer
Jobie Weetaluktuk
Languages
Inuktitut
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Andrew P. Atagotaaluk
Jacka Echalook
Elisapee Inukpuk
Kim Moorhouse
Timothy Napartuk
Bobby Nayoumealuk
Alacie Sherry Nayoumealuk
Timothy Tommy Nayoumealuk
Valerie Nayoumealuk
Annie Nowra
Lucy Weetaluktuk
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Kat Baulu
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