Throat Song (2011)

Original title

ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅ

Directed by

Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok MacDonald

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

18 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Inuk woman endures an abusive relationship in Nunavut. She starts to recover and find her own strength by working as a witness assistant helping other victims of domestic violence.

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What happens

Throat Song is a 2011 Canadian short drama film directed by Miranda de Pencier. The film stars Ippiksaut Friesen as Ippik, an Inuk woman in Nunavut who is trapped in an abusive relationship, and begins to heal her spirit and find her own voice after taking a job as a witness assistant for the government's justice department, aiding other victims of domestic violence. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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