Thursday, May 20, 2010

Martha of the North



INVITATION
Tom Perlmutter, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada,
and
Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami,
are pleased to invite you to the Ottawa Premiere of Martha of the North.
(Inuktitut version, headphones for English and French versions)

Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00 pm

In the presence of the director Marquise Lepage and the film’s main subject Martha Flaherty

at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in the Theatre
100 Laurier Street, Gatineau

Free admission
RSVP: info@itk.ca

In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North.

For more information on the film, visit NFB.ca/MarthaoftheNorth

Stay after the film for Questions & Answers with the guests.

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