

Midnight Kids
2020-10-19 · 23 min · Not rated
Utquiagvik is the northernmost city in Alaska, located 555 km beyond the Arctic Circle. This meditative documentary follows its young Inuit inhabitants, who explore the desolate snowy landscape under the midnight sun and transform their home into a vast playground full of melting glaciers and abandoned ships.
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- Maxence Vassilyevitch
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- GREC
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- France
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- Released
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