Okpik: Little Village in the Arctic

  Directed by: Tiffany Ayalik & Kylik Kisoun Taylor Released: 2024 (educational) Year of Production: 2023 Running Time: 44 min Language: English,  Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects:  Indigenous Studies,                  Using local materials and traditional knowledge Inuit/Gwich’in Hunter, Kylik Kisoun will re-establish and re-imagine the lost practice of building an Inuvialuit sod-house with the intention of creating housing security in his traditional territory of the Beaufort Delta. Kylik builds his future at his off-grid camp and creates an opportunity for language and cultural revitalization. Official Nominee for Best Feature at Red Nation Film Festival 2024          About the filmmaker  Tiffany AyalikTiffany Ayalik is from Yellowknife, NT and is Inuit from the Kugluktuk region. It was in the North, listening to stories from her elders, that she discovered her love of storytelling, and the powerful change that hearing a story can bring ab