Marie-Hélène Cousineau & Susan Avingaq, Canada, 2014

A vibrant tribute to the charismatic young Inuit, Solomon Tapatsiaq Uyarasuk, who was an acrobat, musician and amateur poet with a soul tortured by the fate of his people. The film first celebrates the life of the young man, whose sudden death in a cell of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police remains suspicious, and then seeks to trace the causes and consequences of this tragedy in the heart of this small Arctic community. Discomfort, social problems, but also the incredible resilience of the Inuit….

SOL - Trailer from Arnait Video Productions on Vimeo.