Listen "Eskimo"
Episode Synopsis
(CW: There are brief discussions of sexual assault from about 48:00 to 54:00. There is also discussion throughout of a wolf being killed with someone’s bare hands, a real thing that really happens in this movie. Maybe skip this week if you don’t want to hear about either of those topics!)
This week’s film walks a very fine line between racist caricature of Inuit people, and empathetic portrayal of their average every day lives. It’s a film full of peaks and valleys, with some incredible nature photography interspersed with the worst rear projection you have ever seen. We talk about the film’s ultimately anti-colonialist message, how hard it is to see this one (unless maybe it’s on YouTube still?), and tangents about other unrelated films about bitter tea and hundreds of semiaquatic rodents.
This week’s film walks a very fine line between racist caricature of Inuit people, and empathetic portrayal of their average every day lives. It’s a film full of peaks and valleys, with some incredible nature photography interspersed with the worst rear projection you have ever seen. We talk about the film’s ultimately anti-colonialist message, how hard it is to see this one (unless maybe it’s on YouTube still?), and tangents about other unrelated films about bitter tea and hundreds of semiaquatic rodents.
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