Title Once the ice melts / filmed and edited by Egill Bjarnason

Published [Washington, D.C.] : Small Pumpkin Productions, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, 20 min.) : sound, color Summary "The Greenlandic town of Ittoqqortoormiit has a population of 573, and is arguably one of the last remaining hunting communities in Greenland. Once the Ice Melts shows us a glimpse into what happens when globalization meets an isolated indigenous population now surrounded by melting glaciers. This intimate documentary follows a group of young adults living in Ittoqqortoormiit and chronicles their struggles with a new world that includes longer summers, and newly acquired access to modern amenities"--publisher Notes "Film+Digital Media, SocDoc M.A. in Social Documentation"-- End credits Credits Filmed and edited by Egill Bjarnason ; advisors, John Jota Leanos, Jeffery Bury Notes In English and Kalâtdlisut with English subtitles Title from title screen (viewed June 8, 2020) Subject Ethnoecology -- Greenland Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Greenland Young adults -- Greenland -- Biography Globalization -- Social aspects -- Greenland SUBJECT Ittoqqortoormiit (Greenland) Ittoqqortoormiit (Greenland) -- Civilization Genre/Form Short films. Internet videos. Biographies. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Internet videos. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Short films. Author Egill Bjarnason, film producer, editor of moving image work Small Pumpkin Productions, publisher University of California, Santa Cruz. Film+Digital Media

Other Titles Subtitle on some landing pages: Change has come to one of the last remaining hunting communities in Greenland

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