Mosha Michael

{{Short description|Canadian film director (1948–2009)}}

Mosha Michael ({{circa|1948}} – November 17, 2009) was sometimes called Canada's first Inuk film maker. He made three short films for the National Film Board in the 1970s: Natsik Hunting, The Hunters (Asivaqtiin) and Whale Hunting (Qilaluganiatut).[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/inuk-filmmaker-mourned-1.860081 "Inuk filmmaker mourned"]. CBC News, November 20, 2009.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVXkyrSQvCQC&pg=PA130|title=Screening Culture: Constructing Image and Identity|last=Nicholson|first=Heather Norris|date=2003-01-01|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739105214|pages=130|language=en}}

Michael grew up in Iqaluit. Diagnosed with tuberculosis as a child, he was sent to a clinic in Hamilton for a year for treatment. He also had to attend a residential school in Churchill. Later in life, Michael became homeless, due to a long-term problem with alcoholism. He died from internal bleeding a week after surgery at St. Michael Hospital. His sister Naulaq blamed decades of alcohol abuse for his death.