Remove "Of the North" from Museum of the Moving Image film festival & Other Film Festivals

I find even the trailer to be offensive. It makes no sense at all. The opening scene is of a helicopter landing on one of Sleipner's oil platforms in the North Sea. "Sleipner forms a central hub for gas exports from the Norwegian continental shelf to Europe and the UK." I don't know of any Inuit working on that platform.

I haven't seen the film yet, so hard to comment but showing my support to my fellow Inuit and other who have a find the film disrespectful to Inuit. DON'T SHOW THE FILM.

Tamna tukiituq

Aren't you financed with grants? Stop this denigrating mockery of the indigenous peoples of Canada .

Not sure why there even has to be a petition for this request.

nerede ben kedim!

People need to be educated, actually re-educated with real facts. It is a big job, every bit helps.

It is appalling to me that instead of engaging with the people of the North to present an accurate and fascinating look at their way of life this filmmaker has pieced together wildly racist portrayls and comparisons for public consumption in areas where proper education is lacking and stereotypes abound already. In 2016, isn't it time that we let the people we are representing speak for themselves?; the Inuit.

I am a MoMI member and ask that this film be removed from the lineup and all future lineups,.

I wholeheartedly agree that the film "reinforces painful stereotypes of a marginalized people" and the filmmaker should have communicated with members of the Inuit community before promoting the film as a portrayal of Inuit life.

I'm not of this particular minority but I am s great deal Native American and a nurse. So I have seen firsthand the misrepresentations and profiling in this country from everything to healthcare to entertainment industries. There is always a preconceived notion about how everyone should like and act and fit their compartmentalizex little stereotyped box. Everything from the amount of alcohol society believes a group consumes, to dress, accents, living conditions, contribution to the crime statistics and so on so forth. I am happy I did not grow up in my fathers generation with the few horror stories I've heard about that. Though things have gotten better there is room for improvement which is why I'm signing. Good luck!

This does nothing more than promote negative stereotypes. Shame!

In 24 hours the petition has reached 700 signatures!

Stop portraying my people in such a way to make money. Karma will bite you in the ass

This guy obviously does not know how to represent Inuits properly. Smh

Nothing but nothing has changed. Time to put a stop to this rape of our culture.

Unbelievable that today any organization, such as the film fest organizers, would support artists like DG who are continuing to colonize, ignorantly, and without shame, a culture and people. I'm ashamed for Canada and Quebec that one of our own would perpetuate untruths. I've lived for 13 years in Nunavik and his film is BS!

This is outrage! We need to do something about this !

Outrageous and unacceptable!

Racism no longer surprises nor is misrepresentation new, however to promote a film that encourages both is reckless when women continue to be targeted for rape and murder.