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Abstract

The research analyses Angry Inuk (2016), a documentary by Inuk filmmaker, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. The study explores the significance of truthful representation of Indigenous narratives of Inuit through Ecocinematic films, specifically documentaries. The research examines the adverse effects of misleading representation of Inuit knowledge, culture and practices like seal-hunting as brutal and ecologically threatening in mainstream Western media. The study investigates that green colonialism is a digitalized or cinematic version of settler colonialism. The research focuses on activist engagement of documentary in gaining visual sovereignty and strengthening the Indigenous narrative. The study employs Salma Monani’s contemporary theoretical perspective of Indigenous Ecocinema. Monani’s critical framework accelerates the deeper exploration of impactful visuals, narration and themes of the film. It unveils the reality of Western profit-driven animal rights organizations, like PETA, Greenpeace and IFWA, that merely intend to exploit Indigenous communities through bans on their ecologically sustainable practices. The study analyzes Arnaquq-Baril’s cinematic journey of Inuit survivance and resistance against culturally prejudiced dominant narratives. The research aims to accelerate more Ecocinematic explorations of films that represent the true image of Indigenous communities and their contribution to ongoing discussions on ecological sustainability. The study aims for more inclusive and global policy-making addressing digital colonialism like green colonialism by unveiling organizations working against Indigenous communities under the guise of welfare and education. The research implies that in future any decision regarding Indigenous communities must be taken with accurate knowledge, giving right of counter discussion to the Indigenous people to defend themselves in order to save lives of people from an era of depression, facing long lasting drastic repercussions.