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Movies: Best Movies in Inupiaq(Iñupiatun)

Iñupiaq or Inupiaq ( i-NOO-pee-ak, Inupiaq: [iɲupiaq]), also known as Iñupiat, Inupiat ( i-NOO-pee-at), Iñupiatun or Alaskan Inuit, is an Inuit language, or perhaps group of languages, spoken by the Iñupiat people in northern and northwestern Alaska, as well as a small adjacent part of the Northwest Territories of Canada. The Iñupiat language is a member of the Inuit-Yupik-Unangan language family, and is closely related and, to varying degrees, mutually intelligible with other Inuit languages of Canada and Greenland. There are roughly 2,000 speakers. Iñupiaq is considered to be a threatened language, with most speakers at or above the age of 40. Iñupiaq is an official language of the State of Alaska, along with several other indigenous languages. The major varieties of the Iñupiaq language are the North Slope Iñupiaq and Seward Peninsula Iñupiaq dialects. The Iñupiaq language has been in decline since contact with English in the late 19th century. American territorial acquisition and the legacy of boarding schools have created a situation today where a small minority of Iñupiat speak the Iñupiaq language. There is, however, revitalization work underway today in several communities. ()

Inupiaq is spoken in United States of America (USA) and Canada and 1 movies (between 2008 and 2008) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in United States of America (USA) (1). Sikumi (On the Ice) (2008) are among the best known & most successful Inupiaq movies.


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Sikumi (On the Ice)(2008)

15min
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

An Inuit hunter drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals, but instead, bears witness to murder. In the microscopic communities of Arctic Alaska there is no anonymity -- the hunter knows both the victim and the murderer. The murderer, claiming self-defense and desperate to avoid punishment, tries to persuade his friend to forget what he has seen, and help dispose of the body. The hunter is forced to navigate the uneasy morality of honoring the body and memory of one friend and destroying the life of another.

Directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean