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This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
The Fan Hitch welcomes your letters, stories, comments and suggestions. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit submissions used for publication.
Contents of The Fan Hitch are protected by international copyright laws. No photo, drawing or text may be reproduced in any form without written consent. Webmasters please note: written consent is necessary before linking this site to yours! Please forward requests to Sue Hamilton, 55 Town Line Rd., Harwinton, Connecticut 06791, USA or mail@thefanhitch.org.
This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
Fort Chipewyan Cree dogsledder Robert Grandjambe (pictured)
takes cameraman Ryan Herdman on the trail of the far fur country
during our February visit to Fort Chipewyan Alberta for the
Far Fur Country project. Photo: K. Nikkel
Return of the Far Fur Country Project Update
Since the last update in the December 2012 issue of The Fan Hitch, The Return of the Far Fur Country project crew has been travelling widely. In January and February they presented screenings in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and across the Atlantic to Glasgow, Scotland.
Although the recreation of The Romance of the Far Fur Country is a collaboration of Hudson's Bay Company Archives, the British Film Institute / National Film and Television Archives in London, England and the Manitoba Arts Council and many others, anyone wishing to support this historically significant project may do so with a donation by contacting Kevin Nikkel.
In addition to the work being done to recreate The Romance of the Far Fur Country, Five Door Films is making a seventy-five minute documentary, On the Trail of the Far Fur Country, about the rediscovery of this original silent film and the process of restoring and bringing it to the aboriginal communities where original footage was shot.
Both On the Trail of the Far Fur Country and The Romance of the Far Fur Country are expected to be ready for release sometime in 2013. Learn more at Five Door Film’s blog.