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What We See

What We See

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 8, 2023

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Tautuktavuk

Production Companies

Kingulliit Productions

Director

Carol Kunnuk

Description

After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik (an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut), Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut to live in Montréal. When Covid-19 lockdowns close off the Canadian Arctic from the rest of the world, Uyarak is further separated from her closest friend, eldest sister, Saqpinak. This extreme situation blurs the lines of both the fictional lives of the sisters, and the non-fiction lives of the film’s directors, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Carol Kunnuk, who play the sisters.