Lazarus Qattalik is a young Inuk artist from Igloolik, Nunavut. He grew up drumming for the local church close to his house and became a drummer for the band "Kikkukiaq" which he was very involved in. Now with his own band, he released his first album "Iqippagit" (hugs) in 2017.
Bart Hanna Kappianaq is a renowned sculptor based in Igloolik, NU. Hanna Kappianaq was taught the basics of carving by his father when he was young and later pursued formal artistic training at Algonquin College in Ottawa, ON. He works with soapstone, serpentinite, alabaster, ivory and bone to create carvings that stay true to the nature of the material.… En savoir plus
Born in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit). The youngest of Susan (Seamstress, Actor, Production Designer, Screen writer, Author) and Jacob (Carver) Avingaq. She was raised in Igloolik but because her dad worked at the school she would be out on the land late spring and summer when school was out.
Gabriel Koperqualuk is an Urban Inuk raised in Montreal. His mother is from Puvirnituq. He grew up speaking both English and French and is now slowly learning Inuktitut. He studied in Graphic Design and Commercial Photography, and recently did a year at Concordia in the Intermedia program.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Phase 2 development proposal for the Mary River mine continues, and IsumaTV/DID records the process of public engagement sessions in communities. Sessions started in January 2019, leading to public hearings scheduled for summer 2019.
Tunnganariq Nunagijavut (Welcome to Where We Live Now) is a weekly, live cultural and current affairs series produced in-house by Uvagut TV with community partners throughout Inuit Nunangat.
Third Isuma recreated fiction, 1993. As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable. Saputi is a part of the Unikaatuatiit (Story Tellers) Series.
Second Isuma recreated fiction, 1991. Summer in the 1930's. For Igloolik Inuit, it is the time of Nunaqpa, 'going inland,' the long walk in search of summer-fat caribou to catch enough meat for the hard winter ahead. Two families leave for the hunt, while the old couple waits by the shore for their return. Nunaqpa is a part of the Unikaatuatiit (Story Tellers) Series.
‘I actually submitted a 50-pages story that I’ve written a long time ago. And that was too long and they wanted me to write something else but I didn’t get a chance to write anything else.’
"What would we do if we couldn't speak Haida and we couldn't talk to our ancestors? That would be the scariest thing. But that will not happen now, I believe whole heartedly with the film and the 12 women that are going to be teachers."