Hingitaq - The Outcasts

Directors: Ulrik Holmstrup & Jørgen Pedersen
Producer: Jesper Fogh Lund
Produced by: Lynx Media
Duration: 58 Min.
Year of Production: 2003/2004
Original Title: De Udstødte

In 1951 an arrangement between Denmark and the USA led to the establishment of the Thule Air Base in Greenland. The arrangement meant that the native population – almost 200 Greenlandic sealers in the settlement Uummanaq – got four days to pack their belongings. Their village was levelled with the ground and they were moved to Qaanaaq, 150 km. away.

Hingitaq – The Outcasts documents the native population’s lifelong struggle against superiority. It is a story about manipulating officials, injustice, arrogance and misuse of power - and it is a story about the tragedies and traumas of a people far removed from governing authorities and decision-makers.