Killing whales initially provoked many ethical questions. After all, this is a species more threatened with extinction than birds or land mammals, making them suffer is inhumane and incompatible with the idea of saving the natural environment. But I soon realised that in order to get closer to these people, you have to let go of all your prejudices, and even your own beliefs, and try to understand the Chukchi culture," says Maciej Cuske, the director of the documentary "The Whale from Lorino".

Read the interview with the director in Przekrój (in Polish only).

We also encourage you to watch "The Whale From Lorino," which tells the story of the disappearing culture of the Chukchi, a small community living in Siberia

THE WHALE FROM LORINO, dir. Maciej Cuske

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