O Canada Film Series: Atanarjuat + Little Thunder
Thursday, 7 p.m.–10 p.m.
Event Info
O Canada Film Series: Atanarjuat + Little Thunder
November 6, 2025
Humanities Quadrangle, L02
320 York Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Free
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, 2001, 35mm, 172 mins)
Little Thunder (Nance Ackerman & Alan Syliboy, 2009, DCP, 2 mins)
Celebrate the artistry and heritage of Indigenous Canada with two films based on legends. Little Thunder recounts a Mi’kmaq coming-of-age tale through vibrant animation. The epic Atanarjuat—named the greatest Canadian film of all time in a TIFF filmmakers and critics poll—follows an exiled young hunter as he fights the evil forces threatening his Inuit community. In Inuktitut with English subtitles. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive, DCP from the National Film Board of Canada.
The “O Canada” film series presents a selection of features and shorts from the True North strong and free
For further information:
filmarchive@yale.edu
Open To:
undergraduate, faculty, alumni, Cultivating Conversations, Yale Postdoctoral Trainees, All Ages, General Public, Graduate and Professional, Spouses and Partners, Staff