Inuit art

  • 32m 35s

    LIVING STONE, THE

    uploaded by: NFB

    channel: The National Film Board of Canada

    Synopsis: This film shows the inspiration, often related to belief in the supernatural, behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit's approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.

    Filmmaker: John Feeney

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    uploaded date: 29-04-2010

  • 31m 59s

    Nunatinni (At Our Place) - Episode 9

    uploaded by: Nathalie Kalina

    channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

    ᓇᑲᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑕᒫᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ − ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑲᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᑎ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᔪᑦ, ᓴᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓃᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒃᑯᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 1997−ᒥᑦ 2005−ᒧᑦ.

    Classic episodes from Nunatinni - a live culture, arts, news, and local events series broadcast daily in Igloolik from 1997 to 2005.

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    uploaded date: 18-12-2009

  • 1h 31m 12s

    Alianait (w/English subtitles)

    uploaded by: Stéphane Rituit

    channel: Alianait!

    ‘Alianait!’ is a peforming arts documentary celebrating the coming of age of Artcirq - a youth-focused, circus troupe founded in Igloolik that combines traditional Inuit cultural expression with modern circus techniques.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    uploaded date: 11-01-2009

  • 13m 44s

    Shaping Our Future (Inuktitut version)

    uploaded by: IAF

    channel: Inuit Art Foundation (IAF)

    Narrated in Inuktitut, Shaping our Future provides a brief overview of the Inuit Art Foundation and its many activities. Combining footage from the Arctic with scenes filmed at the foundation’s headquarters in Ottawa, the 12-minute video follows IAF’s evolution from publisher of a modest newsletter into a model organization for indigenous groups worldwide.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-12-2008

  • 12m 30s

    Shaping Our Future

    uploaded by: IAF

    channel: Inuit Art Foundation (IAF)

    A brief overview of the activities of the non-profit Inuit Art Foundation, which exists to facilitate the creative expressions of Inuit artists and to foster a broader understanding of these expressions worldwide.

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    www.inuitart.org

    Year of Production: 2004

    Country: Canada

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    uploaded date: 11-12-2008