Kikkik (film)

Kikkik is a Canadian television documentary film, directed by Ole Gjerstad and released in 2000.[1] The film depicts the story of Kikkik, an Inuk woman who was placed on trial in 1958 for criminal negligence after killing her brother in self-defense when he tried to murder her, and then being forced to abandon some of her children when she travelled to the trading post at Padlei to obtain help.

Kikkik
Directed byOle Gjerstad
Produced byOle Gjerstad
StarringElisapee Karetak
Release date
  • April 6, 2000 (2000-04-06)
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film is told from the perspective of Elisapee Karetak, one of Kikkik's daughters.

It debuted on April 6, 2000, as the first episode of Through Her Eyes, a new WTN series of documentary films about women in Canada.[1] An Inuktitut-language edition of the film was also released in 2002.[2]

The film was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the 15th Gemini Awards in 2000.[3]

References
  1. Tony Atherton, "An arctic mother's terrible choice". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2000.
  2. "Remembering Kikkik". Nunatsiaq News, June 21, 2002.
  3. "Complete list of Gemini nominees". Toronto Star, September 20, 2000.


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