Film

Sikumi (On the Ice)

2008 · 15m

IMDb

6.4

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.

• Andrew Okpeaha MacLeanDirector
• Cara MarcousProducer
• Cary Joji FukunagaDirector of Photography

Release date

January 17, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

Inupiaq

Runtime

15m