Fall 2010
December 6
 Experimental
Eskimos
Canada 2009, 70 minutes, documentary
Director: Barry Greenwald
In the early 1960s the Canadian government conducted an experiment in social
engineering. Three young Inuit boys, selected for their above average IQ scores,
were separated from their families in the Arctic and sent to Ottawa. There
they lived with white families and were educated in white schools. The idea:
to see how, with a southern education, these First Nation boys would fare in
the “white man’s” competitive world.
Peter Ittinuar, Zebedee Nungak and Eric Tagoona recount their stories, achievements
and challenges in this film about an attempt at assimilation, empowerment,
and the triumph of the human spirit.
I don't regret the experience, but I have never recovered from it.
— Zebedee Nungak
LINKS
» Georgia Strait review.
Trailer.
» Q&A
with Director Barry Greenwald on 'The Experimental Eskimos'
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