''Sol'' is a 2014 Canadian documentary film by

Marie-Hélène Cousineau Marie-Hélène Cousineau is a Canadian film director and producer.Susan Avingaq Susan Avingaq is an Inuk Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. A founding partner in Arnait Video Productions, a women's filmmaking collective based in Igloolik, Nunavut, she is most noted for her work on the film ''Before To ...

about Solomon Uyarasuk, a musician/circus performer who died in police custody in

Igloolik Igloolik ( Inuktitut syllabics: , ''Iglulik'', ) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on th ...

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. The film questions the claims by the local

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detachment that Uyarasuk hanged himself in his cell, and also explores the wider issue of Nunavut's very high suicide rate. The film played at the 2014

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the world's largest Indigenous film and media arts festival, held annually in Toronto in the month of October. The festival focuses on the film, video, radio, and new media work of Indigenous, Abori ...

in Toronto. The film subsequently won the Grand Prize for Best Canadian Feature at the RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival and was included in the list of

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feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF. On March 8, 2016, it was named Best Documentary Program at the

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* * 2014 films 2014 documentary films Films shot in Nunavut Inuktitut-language films Documentary films about suicide Documentary films about indigenous rights Canadian documentary films Suicide in Canada Deaths in police custody in Canada Documentary films about Inuit in Canada 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub