Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things (2016)

Directors

Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa

Cast

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

The story

The film explores the small but burgeoning community of LGBT Inuit living in Nunavut, amidst the backdrop of the establishment of an LGBT Pride festival in the territorial capital of Iqaluit; the event took place just months after Iqaluit participated in the national campaign of raising and displaying the pride flag on public buildings for the duration of the 2014 Winter Olympics to protest anti-LGBT laws in Russia, which set off an extended territory-wide debate about the role of homosexuality in Inuit culture. The film explores various perspectives on the historical context of LGBT identity and sexuality among the Inuit, including the…

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