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| There a gentle sweetness and charm to this documentary by film-maker Sarah Gavron, her first film since the adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane six years ago. It follows a year in the life of Niaqornat, a remote village in north-western Greenland; it's an Inuit fishing community of around 60 people who are desperately worried by the imminent closure of the local fish-processing factory, and wondering if they can stage a buy-out to run it as a co-operative. | There a gentle sweetness and charm to this documentary by film-maker Sarah Gavron, her first film since the adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane six years ago. It follows a year in the life of Niaqornat, a remote village in north-western Greenland; it's an Inuit fishing community of around 60 people who are desperately worried by the imminent closure of the local fish-processing factory, and wondering if they can stage a buy-out to run it as a co-operative. |
| They are also worried about climate change, and the effect that is having on fishing waters, but it isn't clear what they can do about that. The place has an eerie beauty: the nearest comparison I can suggest is the Scottish Highlands, and with its houses each painted a different vivid colour, it reminded me a little of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, but it is unique. | They are also worried about climate change, and the effect that is having on fishing waters, but it isn't clear what they can do about that. The place has an eerie beauty: the nearest comparison I can suggest is the Scottish Highlands, and with its houses each painted a different vivid colour, it reminded me a little of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, but it is unique. |
| The elders are worried about the young leaving, and the community suffering a slow death: symbolic of this youth flight is cheerful 18-year-old Lars, very much in touch with the world via the internet, and keen to get out as soon as he can. The quiet sadness of his grandmother, who has raised him, is poignant. Gavron gets an amazing shot when a pregnant whale is brought in by fishermen: a tiny whale foetus is cut out of it and laid wonderingly on the shore. | The elders are worried about the young leaving, and the community suffering a slow death: symbolic of this youth flight is cheerful 18-year-old Lars, very much in touch with the world via the internet, and keen to get out as soon as he can. The quiet sadness of his grandmother, who has raised him, is poignant. Gavron gets an amazing shot when a pregnant whale is brought in by fishermen: a tiny whale foetus is cut out of it and laid wonderingly on the shore. |
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