In 1961, a nomadic Inuit hunter and his band face pressure from a Canadian government official to move to permanent housing, assimilate their children into settler society, and give up their traditional way of life.

The latest film by Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner’s Zacharias Kunuk dramatizes a historic encounter between an Inuit community and the Canadian government that threatens to transform Indigenous life. By turns awkwardly comic and deeply grave, Kunuk captures a whole range of emotions in a single day.