Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation (1995)
48m
Running Time
January 1, 1995Release Date
Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation (1995)
48m
Running Time
January 1, 1995Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
In the summer of 1953, the Canadian government relocated seven Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic. They were promised an abundance of game and fish - in short, a better life. The government assured the Inuit that if things didn't work out, they could return home after two years. Two years later, another 35 people joined them. It would be thirty years before any of them saw their ancestral lands again. Abandoned in flimsy tents, the Inuit were left to fend for themselves in the desolate settlements of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord, where the sea was nearly always frozen and darkness reigned for months on end. Suffering from hunger, extreme cold, sickness, alcoholism and poverty, Québec's Inuit had become the victims of a government policy supposedly designed to return them to their "native state". Evidence points to the government's wish to strengthen Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic as playing a part in the decision to relocate.
Where to Watch.

Currently Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: NFB
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Cast & Crew.

Erna Buffie
Narrator (voice) / Writer

Don Haig
Producer

Brian Dooley
Actor

Patricia V. Tassinari
Director

Erica Pomerance
Associate Producer

Teresa De Luca
Editor

Barrie Howells
Producer

Judith Merritt
Actress

André Vincelli
Music

George Hargrave
Producer

Steve Reizes
Camera Operator

Ziad H. Hamzeh
Director

Paul Stewart
Actor

Stephen Reizes
Cinematographer
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