Nigiqtuq (The South Wind)
Lindsay McIntyre
Canada, 2023, 16 min.
In English, Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Having left Nunavut with her mother Kumaa’naaq (koo-MAT-na) in 1938, young Marguerite must negotiate the unspoken pressures of being Inuk in her new life in the South. When an extraordinary letter arrives from home, Marguerite discovers what’s really expected of her. Based on a true story.
Category: Drama.
Wednesday, April 24
Festival Grounds at the Mercado Annex
7:30pm
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