Raigelee Alorut has a whale of a story to tell about her brother who just happens to hold a special place in Inuit lore.

Mosha Michael, the oldest of nine siblings, was born in an outpost camp in Apex in 1948. He’s recognized as the one of the first Inuk filmmakers and is described by his sister as a sensitive, artistic soul, reflected in his short films which “are imbued with a rare precision and poetic intimacy, underlining the artist’s close relationship with his subjects.”

In time for National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has re-released Michael’s 1977 film Whale Hunting (Qilaluganiatut), a short documentary of a beluga whale hunt in Frobisher Bay set to Michael’s own music.