Martha of the North (2009)

Directed by

Marquise Lepage

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 23m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In the 1950s, the Canadian government tricked Inuit families into moving to the high Arctic and then abandoned them there. The film follows Martha Flaherty and her family as they survive in the freezing wilderness. It is a story of betrayal and endurance in a forgotten chapter of history.

sombercoldharrowingeducationalreflectivequietly devastatinghistoricalpersonal

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.