owl. He builds a stone burial cairn for Kanaalaq, placing her hunting and fishing tools, and the valuable walrus tusks inside for the afterlife. In a snowstorm, Charlie approaches a small Inuit village, where he is welcomed. Cast Barry Pepper as Charlie Halliday Annabella Piugattuk as Kanaalaq James Cromwell as Walter "Shep" Shepherd Kiersten Warren as Estelle Jon Gries as Pierce Robin Dunne as Carl Malcolm Scott as Warren Michael Bublé as Hap Brad Sihvon as Mr. Izzard Greg Spottiswood as Mr. Moss Samson Jorah as Sammy William MacDonald as Miner in Bar Mariano Aupilardjuk as Elder Inuk Peter Henry Arnatsiaq as Young Inuk Peter Ipkornerk as Inuit Snow Camper Yvo Samgushak as Inuit Snow Camper Michael Wallace as Inuit Snow Camper Albert Kimaliakyuk as Inuit Snow Camper Production Writer-director Charles Martin Smith had played Farley Mowat in his autobiographical story Never Cry Wolf. The Hollywood-shy author Mowat invited Smith to adapt any of his works. Smith chose the short story "Walk Well, My Brother" because of its simplicity, placing two people against the elements of the Northwest Territories, but incorporated elements from "The Blood in their Veins" and other, closely related Mowat stories in his screenplay. Mowat later re-released in 2003, The Snow Walker, an anthology of earlier short stories that included "Walk Well, My Brother" and featured a preface by Smith. The Snow Walker cast Canadian actors in the primary roles, and numerous Inuit, including the lead actress Annabella Piugattuk. She was selected after the casting director reviewed hundreds of young women, many of whom were, like Piugattuk, non-actors. She was chosen for her fluency in both her native language and English, as well as her knowledge of native hunting and survival techniques, which brought verisimilitude to her role. Additionally, co-producer John Houston grew up in an Inuit village. The Snow Walker was filmed entirely in Canada in the following locations: Churchill, Manitoba (tundra scenes) Merritt, British Columbia (caribou hunt) Rankin Inlet, Nunavut Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia Reception The Snow Walker received generally favorable reviews upon its release. In his review in Jam! Showbiz, Bruce Kirkland called it a "powerful, poignant and transcendent film", writing, "The Snow Walker is wonderfully acted, especially by Pepper—who is as technically proficient as any young actor in Canada—and by Piugattuk, who had never acted before, but displays a naturalism that allows her to display the emotional and spiritual nature of her