At the Autumn River Camp

Series

Netsilik Eskimo, Series

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 59 min.

Year of production

1967

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

The series shows how life used to be among the Netsilik when they still lived apart and depended on the land and their own ingenuity to sustain life through the rigours of the Arctic year. The filming was done in the Pelly Bay region of the Canadian Arctic. In 2 parts: 1 (26 min): Late autumn. The Inuit move to the river valley where they build ‘karmaks’ (shelters with snow walls and roofs of skins). The men fish with spears and their catch is cooked over an exterior fire. The family then eats inside the ‘karmak’; 2 (33 min): The family moves once again, this time into an igloo built by the men. A sleigh is constructed from skins, frozen fish and caribou antlers. When ready, it is loaded and the family heads down the river to the coast.

Subjects

Anthropology

Keywords

Canada; fishing; hunter-gatherers; Indians of North & South America; Inuit; Netsilik; social life and customs

Credits

Director

Asen Balikci; Quentin Brown

Producer

Kevin Smith; Quentin Brown

Contributor

Guy Mary-Rousselière

Production Company

Name

National Film Board of Canada

Email

customerservice@nfb.ca

Web

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Phone

(514) 283 9000

Fax

(514) 283-7564

Address

Sales and Customer Service (D-10)
PO Box 6100
Station Centre-Ville
Montreal
QC H3C 3HS
Canada

Name

USA

Sponsor

Name

Ford Foundation

Name

USA

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute

Contact

Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)

Email

film@therai.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7387 0455

Fax

020 7388 8817

Address

50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT

Notes

The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.