An untouched paradise for some, isolated hell on earth for others – but home to all its 59 residents and 100 sledge dogs, Niaqornat, a tiny Inuit settlement in Northern Greenland, faces an uncertain future.
Threatened by 21st Century economics, industry and the hostile nature of the environment, this absorbing documentary focuses on the few that remain of the dwindling population of Niaqornat.
With no peers, no job prospects and no appetite for hunting, Lars, the only teenager in the village, plans his escape, while others attempt to preserve and bring prosperity back to the community by procuring the long abandoned fish factory. Can they survive against the odds?
A beautifully shot, witty and unsentimental portrait from Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) and first time co-director David Katznelson, woven with fascinating rituals, crafts and customs from an endangered way of life.