Netflix’s new Inuit comedy ‘North of North’ has serious origins

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril has been awarded the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross for her serious film work, directing documentaries like “Angry Inuk” and producing feature films like “The Grizzlies” that explore the life of the Inuit people. As a producer, she has frequently collaborated with her good friend Stacey Aglok MacDonald on dramatic movies. But Aglok MacDonald also has a background in comedy, spending years on an Inuk language comedy for Aboriginal People’s Television Network. 

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