TV: ‘North of North’
Anna Lambe (“True Detective: Night Country”) is radiant in this comedy as Siaja, a young Inuk woman breaking free of her self-absorbed husband and seeking purpose in her tiny town while nurturing relationships with her daughter, her troubled mother and the white father she never knew. The show was shot in Iqaluit, and its characters do things that southern folks do, like go to house parties and bars, but they also have more idiosyncratic pursuits, like seal hunting and bum-hopping contests (IYKYK). Now that the sitcom is on Netflix as well as CBC Gem and APTN Lumi, more people can discover this funny, cheeky, heartfelt but also bittersweet slice of northern life. —Debra Yeo
Debra Yeo is a deputy editor and a contributor to the Star’s Culture section. …