

Lumaajuuq
2010-01-01 · 7 min · ★ 6.0
This animated short is a tragic and twisted story about the dangers of revenge. A cruel mother mistreats her son, feeding him dog meat and forcing him to sleep in the cold. A loon, who tells the boy that his mother blinded him, helps the child regain his eyesight. Then the boy seeks revenge, releasing his mother’s lifeline as she harpoons a whale and watching her drown. Based on a portion of the epic Inuit legend “The Blind Boy and the Loon.”
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- Directors
- Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
- Production companies
- ONF | NFB, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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