Piujuk and Angutautuq

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1994
DURATION: 26 min
GENRE: Documentary
FORMAT: Video (colour)
LANGUAGE: Inuktitut, Eng/Fr s-t
DIRECTOR: Arnait Video Collective
PRODUCER: Arnait Video Collective
CAMERA: Marie-Helene Cousineau, Martha Maktar
SCRIPT WRITER: Arnait Video Collective
EDITOR: Marie-Helene Cousineau, Martha Maktar
FUNDING: Canada Council for the Arts
SELECTED SCREENINGS: Glenbow Museum, exihibition Inusivut:Our Way of Life (Calgary, 2003), Oakville Galleries, (Ontario, 2000), Qaggiq: Bi-annual Inuit art Fair and Symposium (Ottawa, 1996)

SYNOPSIS:

This video is a portrait of two women from Igloolik: Madeline Ivalu (Piujuq) and Susan Avingaq (Angutautuq). Piujuq translates as "pretty face" and Angutautuk as "strong young man". It contains images of both women from the past six years, engaging in community events. They perform many traditional songs. Computer illustrations created by artist Mary Kunuk are an integral part of the video.