A Woman With Two Names, 2012

A Woman With Two Names explores the lives of an Indigenous community in Nunavut, a region in the Canadian Artic.

At the beginning of the 20th century the Inuit in Nunavut were still nomads, hunting and fishing, living off their land. The Canadian government and the Church began a process of forced assimilation, through permanent settlements and Residential schools. This deprived the Inuit of their social and spiritual customs. The transition away from their nomadic roots to modernized living has led to alcoholism, domestic violence and unemployment. The tension between old values and western civilization makes it difficult for the Inuit, especially the youth, to assert their own identity and find their place in the world. They are trapped between two worlds, losing touch with their past and headed towards an uncertain future.