Martha of the North

Simard, Marcel, (film producer.). Bergeron, Johanne, (film producer.). Bisaillon, Yves, (film producer.). Simard, Monique, (film producer.). Lepage, Marquise, (film director.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.). Les productions Virage inc. (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Martha was only 5 when she and her parents were lured away from their Inuit village. Along with a handful of other families, they were moved to Canada's most northerly island, Ellesmere, to ensure Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic. They were told that game would be plentiful and life would be easy. Instead, they discovered that the islands of the Arctic are among the least hospitable to human life in the world. For years, they endured hunger and extreme cold. Deprived of the right to an education and a childhood, Martha had to help her family survive. Yet she proved as resilient as the other people from her community who appear in the film. Martha of the North is the story of a journey and a childhood spent in a new and unwelcoming land.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (83 min., 00 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2009.
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Produced by Virage in association with the National Film Board of Canada, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada, the Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC, the SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec), the Government of Canada (Tax Credit Program) and Rogers Documentary Fund. Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Marquise Lepage, Martha Flaherty ; director of photography, René Sioui Labelle ; sound recordist, Poasie Joamie, Chantal Rhéaume ; image editor, Dominique Champagne, Nancy Gendron ; researcher, Marquise Lepage, Évangéline De Pas, Martha Flaherty, Julia Bennett ; archives research, Évangéline De Pas ; original music, Elisapie Isaac ; sound engineer, Claude Beaugrand ; foley artist, Lise Wedlock ; mixer, Luc Boudrias, Hans Laitres ; producer, Marcel Simard ; associate producer, Johanne Bergeron, Yves Bisaillon ; executive producer, Monique Simard ; director, Marquise Lepage.
Participant or Performer Note:	Participant, Martha Flaherty, Rynee Flaherty, Mary Flaherty, Peter Flaherty, Larry Audlaluk, John Amagoalik, Dora Padluk, Minnie Killiktee, Myna Kiguktak, Camille Lachance, Pauline Akeeagok, Rose Christensen, Emily Kakkee, Ashley Kalluk, Rita Killiktee, Samantha Killiktee, Annie Mary, Laurrie Noah, Lydia Noah, Jennifer Qaapik.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2008.
Target Audience Note:	14-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).