The Fifth Region

The Fifth Region

Directed by Aeyliya Husain & Gabriel Nuraki Koperlaqualuk • 2018 • Canada • 46’

The 5th Region is a short narrative film that discusses the lives of Nancy and Joshua who are Inuit but raised in southern Canada. All their lives they struggled with aspects of their identities and now begin to redefine what it means to be a young urban Inuk growing up under the shadow of the Sixties Scoop and the residential school system.

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The Fifth Region
  • The Fifth Region

    Directed by Aeyliya Husain & Gabriel Nuraki Koperlaqualuk • 2018 • Canada • 46’

    The 5th Region is a short narrative film that discusses the lives of Nancy and Joshua who are Inuit but raised in southern Canada. All their lives they struggled with aspects of their identities and now begin to rede...