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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.
Harry Okpik (right) with his race partner of the last three years,
Adamie Michaud. ©PierreDunnigan.com/Makivik
Okpik’s Dream en Route to Completion
Okpik’s Dream’s crowd funding campaign which ended early November was enthusiastically supported by donations from North America, across Europe and Australia to the tune of $16,725 CAD. Although the campaign’s goal was not reached, producer Katarina Soukup and writer/director Laura Rietveld, driven by their shared passion for this story, are making personal sacrifices in order to forge ahead, expecting to complete in the very near future their documentary about Inuk dog man and amputee Harry Okpik of Quaqtaq, Nunavik.
Okpik’s Dream will be broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Quebec only on January 5, 2015 at 5 PM. It will then enter the film festival circuit, premiering at the Puvirnituq (Nunavik) Snow Festival in March 2015 and will then be broadcast across Canada in the summer of 2015.
Updates will appear in The Fan Hitch journal as they become available. For the latest news visit Catbird Productions website or on Facebook. Go here and here to see video clips.
At Ivakkak’s starting community, Harry Okpik off-loading
his dogs from the plane. ©PierreDunnigan.com/Makivik
Ed: Thanks to Ivakkak photographer Pierre Dunnigan for his photos.