The Last Days of Okak (1985)
This short documentary tells the story the once-thriving town of Okak, an Inuit settlement on the northern Labrador coast. Moravian missionaries evangelized the coast and encouraged the growth of Inuit settlements, but it was also a Moravian ship that brought the deadly Spanish influenza during the world epidemic of 1919. The Inuit of the area were decimated, and Okak was abandoned. Through diaries, old photos and interviews with survivors, this film relates the story of the epidemic and examines the relations between natives and missionaries.
Directors: Nigel Markham, Anne Budgell.
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Waldo Scharwey as Narrator (voice) |
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Fran Williams as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Nigel Markham | Director |
| Directing | Anne Budgell | Director |
| Writing | Anne Budgell | Writer |
| Production | Kent Martin | Producer |
| Production | Barry Cowling | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Nigel Markham | Editor |
| Sound | Eric Emery | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jim Rillie | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Naeme Tuglavina | Translator |
| Crew | Henrietta Millik | Translator |
| Crew | Zak Karpik | Translator |
| Crew | Nat Igloliorte | Translator |
| Camera | Nigel Markham | Director of Photography |
