Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)
Date: Jan 16
7:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Join us for an exclusive screening of Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) by award-winning Canadian Inuit Director, Zacharias Kunuk, starring Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Mark Taqqaugaq, and Dion Amarualik.
Best known for his 2001 feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, winner of the 2001 Camera d’Or and voted Canada’s Best Film of all-time by the Toronto International Film Festival Film Critic poll in 2015, Kunuk is considered one of the pioneers of Indigenous cinema, having directed five feature films and over 40 documentaries, all in Inuktitut.
Inspired by traditional Inuit stories and legends, Uiksaringitara: Wrong Husband is set in 2000 BCE, when Inuit lived semi-nomadically in small groups, moving to follow the seasons and animals. Society was guided by Shamanism, a complex spiritual system of taboos where each object or life form has a spirit that must be respected, and the lines between the “real” world and the “spirit” world blurred.
Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right.
Running time: 100 minutes
Shot on location in Igloolik, Nunavut
Cost: $12 plus HST. 10% discount for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.