Teaching by Films

Atanarjuat

• Inuit legends
• Shamanism
• Community-based filmmaking
• Nomadic communities
• First film written, directed and acted by Inuit
• Inuktitut language
• Inuit ancestors

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

• Inuit storytelling
• Early 20th century
• Modern anthropology
• Old vs new culture
• Christianity
• Shamanism
• Arctic Expeditions
• Digital storytelling

Before Tomorrow

• Inuit women storytelling
• Family relationships
• Impact of disease
• First encounter with white people

Qimuksik (Dog Team)

• Life in the Arctic
• Inuit survival skills (the old way): navigation, ice thickness, driving the dogs, building the igloo, catching seals on the open water, running down caribou to feed the family.
• Family: dad role model
• Hunting skills
• Inuit relationship with dogs

Nanugiurutiga (My First Polar Bear)

• Polar Bears
• Elders storytelling
• Working in community
• Inuit Family
• Hunting skills
• Inuit relationship with dogs

Artcirq

• Inuit traditions and circus training
• Working in community
• Youth in the Arctic
• Suicide and despair prevention
• Good examples for community
• Circus Performance
• Inuit storytelling with theater and songs

Unakuluk (Dear Little One)

• Inuit culture
• Inuit family relations
• Women stories
• Adoption as a tradition
• Storytelling through embroider, draw and cut of fabric

Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt)

• Inuit historic use of boats
• Old way of camping
• Children handling
• Social structure
• Safety measures
• Hunting practices