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Tony: Back from the Brink

By kgjerstad | Published: February 20, 2014

Visit the Tony: Back from the Brink website at tonybackfromthebrink.ca A story from the dark side of the Canadian Arctic. Tony Kalluk should have been long dead. Instead, he’s on a rocky road to redemption, and his story reverberates throughout Nunavut. From a horrendous childhood, Tony grew up to be a violent criminal, spending […]

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Tony: Back from the Brink (video demo)

By | Published: February 4, 2012

A journey from violence and crime to redemption. Tony escaped the darkest underbelly of today’s Arctic to set out on the road to a constructive life in his home community, an uncertain, perilous journey but one that leaves us with surprising hope.

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The Quest : watch episodes 1 to 6

By | Published: September 10, 2011

Piksuk Media’s six-episode series about the 2010 Nunavut Quest traditional Inuit dog-sledding race on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. An inside, participatory look at a week of high drama and magnificent Arctic landscape. EPISODE ONE Inuit from across Canada’s eastern Arctic gather for the annual Nunavut Quest week-long traditional dog-sledding race. They have prepared for months, […]

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The Mystery of Arqioq

By | Published: May 2, 2009

The Mystery of Arqioq tells the story of a lost High Arctic expedition and of the Greenland Inuk guide who returned from the dead. This film was produced in 2007. 47 min.

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High-Five: an adoption saga

By | Published: April 23, 2009

Vancouver couple Cathy and Martin Ward wanted to adopt a baby. Instead they got five siblings, ages six to seventeen, from Ukraine. The wrenching story of the adoption process is just the beginning of this very human family saga. Since we began filming in 2008, all five kids have arrived and, each in his and […]