Films

Family Films

• Selected Sundays, 3:00 pm, Theatre
• Cost: FREE

A chance for children to see quality cinema and short films in Museum London's in-house theatre and free of charge! We are partnering with UWO's Department of Film Studies to select fun films for the whole family during the cold months. Bring some snacks and join us for an enjoyable Sunday afternoon.

The Whale

• Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit, Canada, PG
• May 20

Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, the film tells the true story of a young killer whale nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and turned up alone in Nootka Sound. Luna started making contact with people in boats and on the shore, but this contact would not be simple. The Whale celebrates the life of a being from the sea who teaches us that the greatest secrets in life are still to be discovered.

Explorations of the North

• Sunday, May 27
• Cost: FREE
• 1:00 pm: Tour Polar Shift with exhibition curator Melanie Townsend and artist Paul Walde, Ivey South Gallery
• 2:00 pm: An Afternoon of Historical Films on the North, Theatre

Ever since the first Europeans arrived in North America in the sixteenth century, the Far North's inhabitants and vast expanses have been a constant source of fascination for the white man. In keeping with our spring theme of The North at Museum London, we will be screening a series of all-night films including early ethnographic documentaries, docudramas, animations and features spanning the 1940s through to the 2000s. This is a rare chance to see early filmmaking about and by Inuit.

Line-Up of Films

Eskimo Summer, Laura Bouton, 1944, 15 min 31s

Summer in the eastern Arctic is very short, but the nomadic Inuit living in these icy regions are resourceful and industrious.

The Living Stone, John Feeney, 1958, 34 min 14 s

This film shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.

The Annanacks, Rene Bonniere, 1964, 29 min 12 s

Georges Annanack, the first president of the Port-Nouveau-Quebec Eskimo Co-op, recounts a chapter of his life and the lives of the Ungava Inuit.

Labrador North, Roger Hart, 1973, 37 min 30 s

A film on the government relocation of he Labrador Inuit and the effects this has had on their culture and social structures.

Natsik Hunting, Mosha Michael, 1975, 7 min 52 s

The first live-action film shot and directed by an Inuk, Natsik Hunting tells the story of a seal hunt.

Vignettes from Labrador North, Roger Hart, 1979, 4 min

A vignette on the history of the Inuit of Labrador and the role of Moravian missionaries.

The Last Days of Okak, Anne Budgell, 1985, 23 min 48 s

In 1918 a missionary ship sailed into the northern Labrador settlement of Okak, bringing supplie--and the influenza that had ravaged much of the world.