Review of Village at the End of the World (2012) by Adam S — 26 Apr 2014

"Village at the End of the World" is a solid, if not exceptional, documentary looking at life in a very remote village. In this case, the village is Niaqornat, population 59, in Greenland.

While it is eye-opening and always a pleasure to get glimpes into how people live in different parts of the world, this film is a tad shallow, delving only into the what, but not the why. For example, as a community of hunters, there is great pride shown in being able to slay a polar bear. This community, who are shown to be aware of outside issues through things such as the Internet and Bridgette Bardot (described as a "silly woman") but no justification besides honour is put forward for the slaughter of an endangered species.

Had the film delved down that past, it could have been much much more interesting. As it is, it's just a nice watch.