Introduces eight different works from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection that were made by Inuit artists, providing a biography of the artist, a background of the theme depicted, and an analysis of the piece.

When an orphan boy named Ava finds himself cold and alone, he comes upon a group of magical tiny people who show him how it feels to have a home of his own.

Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.

Retells one of many versions of how an Eskimo maiden became goddess of the sea.

Documentary on the life of one Eskimo tribe, and their struggle for survival in the vast and inhospitable Arctic.

A young Inuit shaman's epic quest for survival in the frozen lands of North America in 1000 AD. Born with the soul of a hunter and the language of the gods, Omat is destined to become a shaman like her grandfather. To protect her people, she invokes the spirits of the sky, the sea, and the air. But the gods have stopped listening, the seals won't come, and Omat's family is starving. Desperate to save them, Omat journeys through the icy wastes, fighting...

When Big Bear saves a boy named Minik from falling off of a cliff onto the hard ice, Minik decides that the two should be brothers and stays with Big Bear until he has a chance to return the favor.

Day after day in the frozen North, a young Inuit girl catches brightly-colored objects while ice fishing and uses them to decorate her igloo, until the ice begins to melt and she drops in a gift of her own before leaving for the season.

"Winter approaches, and there's much to do if Piŋa's family wants to be prepared: hunting, fishing, gathering, and more. Now, Piŋa must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping -- the same mountain where his two older brothers disappeared. As he leaves, Piŋa reassures his parents that he will not succumb to the same fate as his brothers. He will return. But when he reaches the mountaintop, he is confronted by a terrifying eagle god...