There Is a House Here

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2017

1h 45m

Documentary

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Through correspondence and trips to Iqaluit, Alan Zweig examines culture and identity with his pen pal and tour guide, Inuk rock singer Lucie Idlout.

Adrian Mack

Georgia Straight

The cold hard message is that reconciliation-and more vitally, understanding-means a hell of a lot more than sending Trudeau up to the podium with another apology.

Dec 1, 2017

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Susan G. Cole

NOW Toronto

The film has a strong emotional force. It helps that Zweig's personal guide is his friend Lucie Idlout, whose charisma and personal pain give the movie real power.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 11, 2017

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For my first (I think) Inuit-based documentary, There Is a House Here was not bad. There's the typical mix of interviewees that are interesting to varying degrees. The friend (Lucy) who guides him through the community and interviews is almost equal parts very interesting and engaging, and overly melodramatic at times. So no matter where Europeans went in the New Land, North, Central, or South, the indigenous peoples were fucked. And a great many still are. It's a very common recipe: kill/run off; encamp those who remain or force them to the farthest regions with limited resources; marginalize; disenfranchise; severely limit access to quality education or jobs; always keep them stocked with plenty of alcohol.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Alan Zweig

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Lucie Idlout

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Alan Zweig

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Alan Zweig

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Kristina McLaughlin

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Kevin McMahon

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Synopsis

Through correspondence and trips to Iqaluit, Alan Zweig examines culture and identity with his pen pal and tour guide, Inuk rock singer Lucie Idlout.

Director: Alan Zweig
Producer: Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon
Screenwriter: Alan Zweig
Production Co: Primitive Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2018
Runtime: 1h 45m

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