The Last Days of Okak
The Last Days of Okak

The Last Days of Okak

January 01, 1985 | 24 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Waldo Scharwey

Naomi Scott

Fran Williams

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