SXSW 2009 Film Trailer: Shaman

Utaaq, an old Inuit, is at a bus stop in Copenhagen when he spots a bird from his native Greenland above his head a rare visitor to these climes. It reminds him of his youth: As a young hunter, Utaaq discovered that a qivitoq was using a tupilak to kill local hunters. Tupilaks are magical creatures that obey their masters. Utaaq went off into the mountains where he became a shaman, and on his return, he used his powers to destroy the qivitoq. Back to Utaaq at the bus stop, we see a weary old man nostalgically watching the bird

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They got the term wrong. :( Tupiliqs don't have masters; Tunraqs do.

Regardless; good video.