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Okpik's Dream
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Wikipedia article
'Okpik's Dream' is a Canadian documentary film, released in 2015.[http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_documentary_follows_the_hopes_and_dreams_of_nunavik_musher/ "New documentary follows the hopes and dreams of Nunavik musher"]. 'Nunatsiaq News', July 28, 2014. The film centres on Harry Okpik, an Inuk man from Quaqtaq, who witnessed a government slaughter of Inuit sled dogs as a child and later lost his leg in a hunting accident, and now prepares to compete as a dog musher in the 600 km Ivakkak sled dog race in Nunavik.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/okpik-s-dream-nunavik-dog-sled-documentary-wins-award-1.3188115 "Okpik's Dream, Nunavik dog sled documentary, wins award"]. CBC News, August 12, 2015.
The film had select film festival screenings, but was distributed primarily as a CBC Television special which aired in August 2015 as an episode of the regional documentary series 'Absolutely Canadian'.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/harry-okpik-champion-dog-musher-races-600-km-across-tundra-1.2881416 "Harry Okpik, champion dog musher, races 600 km across tundra"]. CBC News, August 28, 2015.
The film won a Community Award from the 2015 First Peoples' Festival in Montreal, and was a nominee for Best Documentary Program at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/okpik-dream-canadian-screen-awards-1.3412865 "Okpik's Dream, Montreal filmmaker's 1st doc, nominated for Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, January 20, 2016.
See also
*'Qimmit, a Clash of Two Truths,' a 2010 documentary about the alleged mass slaughter of Inuit sled dogs
References
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