The Last Days of Okak

The Last Days of Okak 1985 Released

Directed by Nigel Markham, Anne Budgell

Documentary · 24 min

 

The Last Days of Okak 1985 Released

Directed by Nigel Markham, Anne Budgell

Documentary · 24 min

 

This short documentary tells the story the once-thriving town of Okak, an Inuit settlement on the northern Labrador coast. Moravian missionaries evangelized the coast and encouraged the growth of Inuit settlements, but it was also a Moravian ship that brought the deadly Spanish influenza during the world epidemic of 1919. The Inuit of the area were decimated, and Okak was abandoned. Through diaries, old photos and interviews with survivors, this... see more

This short documentary tells the story the once-thriving town of Okak, an Inuit settlement on the northern Labrador coast. Moravian missionaries evangelized the coast and encouraged the growth of Inuit settlements, but it was also a Moravian ship that brought the deadly Spanish influenza during the world epidemic of 1919. The Inuit of the area were decimated, and Okak was abandoned. Through diaries, old photos and interviews with survivors, this... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1985
COUNTRY
CA
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English, Inuktitut
BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
N/A