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Invisible
Dur: 63’ , 2006 – Dir:
Roz Mortimer
We think of the Arctic as a pristine wilderness, and when scientists went
to collect breast milk from Inuit mothers, they were expecting to find
the purest milk anywhere on earth. But the levels went off the scale.
The milk of the Inuit mothers was loaded with chemicals migrating from
the south.
INVISIBLE tells the story of how man-made chemicals are building up in
our bodies and being passed from mother to child. Scientists think that
these hormone-disrupting substances are causing havoc with the reproductive
systems and neurological health of animals and humans across the planet.
And they cannot find a single woman anywhere in the world who does not
have these chemicals in her breast milk.
In this beautiful and thought-provoking film, artist and film maker Roz
Mortimer leads us on a hypnotic journey to the High Arctic. Using historical
texts and contemporary first person accounts, Mortimer explores the traditional
relationship Inuit have to the earth and gently challenges our Western
relationship to science and knowledge. This poetic and visually stunning
film weaves epic scenes of contemporary Inuit life with startling throatsinging
performances and staged tableaux vivants set within the frozen Arctic
landscape.
INVISIBLE is driven by a unique musical score including free-yoik from
Sami musician Wimme Saari, live and operatic throatsinging from Inuit
artist Tanya Tagaq and an exquisite theremin composition from Michael
Kosmides.
Featuring the award winning environmental scientist Theo Colborn; the
chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Sheila Watt-Cloutier; and Inuit
mothers who offer emotionally charged testimonies; this provocative film
resists the conventions of science documentaries and questions how we
live in the world today.
Filmed entirely on Baffin Island, Nunavut, in the communities of Iqaluit
and Qikiqtarjuaq.
“A wonderful and profound
work on the complex relations between a territory and its people”
Trento Film Festival, Italy
“Part environmental expose and
part art film, this powerful crossover piece flies in the face of conventional
documentary making methods”
Birds Eye View Film Festival, UK
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