Zacharias Kunuk and Peter Irniq speak about Technology and Media as Tools for Change at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008. Zacharias was born in 1957in Kapuivik near Igloolik. He is president and co-founder in 1990 of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first Inuit-owned independent production company. Zacharias won the Camera d'Or at Cannes 2001 for Isuma's first feature, Atanarjuat The Fast Runner. His credits include several short dramas and numerous documentaries featuring Arctic indigenous themes. Kunuk is the winner of the National Arts Award, National Aboriginal Achievement Award and in 2005 he was awarded the Order of Canada.

Filmmaker: isuma.tv

Filmmaker Contact:

isuma [at] isuma [dot] ca

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

Region: Arctic