
Awidescopeofdocumentaryimageryandanimationmixedmasterfullybyseasonedfilm-makersLapsuiandLehmuskallioprovideasharplookintotherecenthistoryoftheChukchipeople,theircolonisationandmodern-daysurvival.TheplotisthreadedbyKymyrultyne’staleofaChukchiwomanwhonowlivesinapost-communistpre-fabricatedcityandteacheshernativelanguagetodisplacedChukchifellows.Sheisveryfamiliarwithherpeople’shistoryandmythologyandvividlynarratesitfromheruniquefemaleperspective.Inthegreycity,theghastlypresenceofalostwayoflifehastakenitstollonKymyrultyne,despiteheridealism.ThecrueltyofthecolonizerstowardstheregionanditsIndigenousinhabitantsisnarratedobjectivelyandwithoutjudgement,yetwithgreatemotion.Inthispost-modernexperimentinfilm-making,themasterfulNenetdirectorusesironyaccentuatedbyacontemporarysoundtracktomatchthevaststory-tellingrichnessofherArcticculture.