Village at the End of the World

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Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 05/27/2024 A warm and light hearted documentary that’s too fluffy See more 03/06/2015 Once upon a time in my youth I was travelling to New York. As we flew over Greenland this German couple kept bothering me, pointing down at the spectacular ice boulders - Guck mal! GUCK MAL! I have not seen Greenland in the flesh since. Tonight, though, Netflix took me there! See more 07/08/2014 Overall Village at the end of the world is quite beautiful but overall it is quite boring and not revolutionary at all. 3\5 good. See more 04/27/2014 "Village at the End of the World" is a solid, if not exceptional, documentary looking at life in a very remote village. In this case, the village is Niaqornat, population 59, in Greenland. While it is eye-opening and always a pleasure to get glimpes into how people live in different parts of the world, this film is a tad shallow, delving only into the what, but not the why. For example, as a community of hunters, there is great pride shown in being able to slay a polar bear. This community, who are shown to be aware of outside issues through things such as the Internet and Bridgette Bardot (described as a "silly woman") but no justification besides honour is put forward for the slaughter of an endangered species. Had the film delved down that past, it could have been much much more interesting. As it is, it's just a nice watch. See more 02/14/2014 A pleasant hour-and-a-quarter with the residents of Niaqornat, Greenland. Some amusement. Some light insights. Sarah Gavron puts together a nice documentary about people who are coping, surviving, adapting, and reasonably happy rather than a dour portrayal of lost and doomed people as so many of these remote village documentaries do. Gavron's skill is revealed most clearly in the juxtaposition of a tourist interview talking about the unspoiled traditional people with images of an Inuit teen trudging up from the beach wearing high top sneakers and a hoodie, then segueing to a child sitting on a bench hunched over her laptop as the tourist goes on about the lack of modern conveniences. She doesn't deliver this with a hammerblow, but lets us notice and catch on in our own time. See more 06/20/2013 A tender beautiful documentary, with soft humour and vulnerability. A fascinating look at Greenland village life. See more Read all reviews

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