Released
Lumaajuuq
January 1 2010 (about 15 years ago)Rating
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3 reviews
- Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
- Genres: Animation, Fantasy
- Runtime: 7 m
- Country: Canada
- Companies: ONF | NFB, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
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.”