Courtesy of the Cariboo Regional District:
A National Film Board documentary that premiered at the 2012 Calgary International Film Festival is being screened by the Cariboo Regional District Library at the Williams Lake Longhouse on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. Vanishing Point was directed by Canmore filmmakers Stephen A. Smith and Julia Szucs, and takes place in the tiny village south of Qaanaaq in Greenland.
The film is narrated by Navarana K’avigak’, who was born and lives in Greenland. Narvana speaks six languages, and narrates the film in Inukitut. She is a descendant of the Baffin Island Shaman, Qidtlarssuaq who convinced many of his nomadic family to journey to Greenland in 1860.
The account of this early journey is entwined with three modern-day hunting trips; two take place in the Uummannaq District of Greenland, and the third in the community of Quikiqtarjuaq on Baffin Island.
This is a story of proud people, who struggle to maintain their practices of hunting and gathering, while bringing up their children. It subtly invokes the viewer to consider issues surrounding survival, tradition and our place in the world.
The Williams Lake Longhouse can be accessed by Pinchbeck Street through the Stampede Grounds. For further information, please contact the Cariboo Regional District Library in Williams Lake at 250-392-3630 or visit the website at cln.bc.ca.
* The viewpoints and opinions expressed in these presentations are strictly those of the producers and may not reflect those of the Cariboo Regional District Board of Directors, staff or volunteers.
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