Freedom is Here

Junk, a 45-year-old man from the town Ilulissat in the Northwestern part of Greenland, most of all treasures his freedom. For him, the kind of living that makes him happy is inconsistent with town-life – every day run by the clock and other people’s decision-making. In the great ice fiord some 30 miles from town, Junnguk and a group of other men are making their living by catching halibut and hunting seals the way it has been done in generations by their fathers, grandfathers, and those before them. Throughout the winter months, Junnguk and his fellows travel by dog sled to the ice fiord spending days in each other’s company while howling their long lines before returning to town with their catch. This is a story about friendship, feeling at home, tradition, modernity in contemporary Greenland, and most importantly: finding one’s path through life.