Throat Song

Throat Song
Film poster
Directed byMiranda de Pencier
Written byMiranda de Pencier
Produced byStacey Aglok Macdonald
Miranda de Pencier
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Qajaaq Ellsworth
StarringIppiksaut Friesen
Paul Nutarariaq
CinematographySeamus Tierney
Edited byGeoff Ashenhurst
Riel Roch Decter
Music byGabriel Morley
Production
companies
Puhitaq
Northwood Productions
Release date
  • September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Throat Song is a 2011 Canadian short drama film directed by Miranda de Pencier.[1] The film stars Ippiksaut Friesen as Ippik, an Inuk woman in Nunavut who is trapped in an abusive relationship, and begins to heal her spirit and find her own voice after taking a job as a witness assistant for the government's justice department, aiding other victims of domestic violence.[1]

The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Iqaluit-made movie premieres at Toronto film fest". CBC North, September 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "Iqaluit-produced film to show at Toronto film festival". 12 August 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.