Trailer - HERD: Inuit Voices on Caribou

The Project
Led by Inuit from the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador, "HERD" documents, preserves, and shares Inuit knowledge and experiences with caribou, all through the co-creation of community-based documentary film. Between 2016-2022, we talked with, filmed, and photographed over 80 Inuit from across 12 distinct communities in Labrador; we documented caribou and landscapes from various parts of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut; and we collected archival multimedia from decades in the past. As a result, we gathered over 100 hours of footage, thousands of photographs, and countless memories from knowledge holders who were involved in this work. More information, photos, and writings can be found at:

Our Research Publications:
"Caribou was the reason" (Global Environmental Change, 2021):

"You can never replace the caribou" (American Imago, 2020):

""We're made criminals just to eat off the land" (Sustainability, 2020)

"Moving images, moving methods" (International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021)

"Relationships between Rangifer and Indigenous Well-being in the North American Arctic and Subarctic" (Arctic, 2022)