In a feature documentary, Silakut, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine.
Members from the five affected communities of the Mary River Mine expansion meet to disscuss the future of their communities. Accompanying this discussion are storytelling, drum dancing and singing . Sewing and making bannock, elders also invite us into their tents and show us their tradional life.
Members from the five affected communities of the Mary River Mine expansion meet to discuss the future of their communities. They play string games and share stories.
Guests: Theo Ikummaq, Francis Piugattuk, David Aqqiaruq, Joanasie Kigutaq
Translators: Cherylu Piugattuk, Marcy Siakuluk
For this first episode of Silakut, Zacharias invites four Igloolik residents to discuss concerns related to the Baffinland Mary River iron ore mine, located in north Baffin Island.
Nunavut, circa 1913. Kuanana returns from a caribou hunt to discover his wife and daughter kidnapped, and the rest of his family slaughtered. His father's spirit helper, the loon Kallulik, sets him on course to overturn fate and reunite his family.
This film project will focus on a story about Inuit being removed from a traditional settlement in the 1960's. When the DEW line was being created, a group of engineers and military people came into a small Inuit village and put everyone on a plane and then flattened their community to make room for a communication tower.… Read more
The Online Mentoring Film Making Guide is an idea from filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Jonathan Franz, as a way for Zacharias Kunuk to provide a simple and accessible guide to filmmaking and mentor young Inuit filmmakers in different communities across the Arctic.
Congratulations to Rick Oyukuluk Sr. from Arctic Bay! Rick is this week’s Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post on May 30 documenting aajuraq - an area of open water formed by ice opening up due to wind or currents, often in spring.
Congratulations to Daniel Jaaka from Ivujivik - the Week #11 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post tagging ivujuq - the process of ice piling up and forming ridges along the floe edge.
Johnny Arnaituk’s Ice Post near Kangiqsujuaq has been chosen as a featured video! It is an excellent example of community knowledge-sharing using SIKU! Get involved in the 2025 Ice Watch - you could win a new snowmobile, Northern gift cards and more!
Watch as we showcase our most recent SIKU Goose Watch community winners! These SIKU goose posts contribute to knowledge sharing between northern communities about the timing of the spring goose migration!
Watch as we showcase our most recent SIKU Goose Watch community winners! These SIKU goose posts contribute to knowledge sharing between northern communities about the timing of the spring goose migration!
Get involved in the 2025 Goose Watch Challenge and support knowledge-sharing communities - you could win Northern gift cards and more! Learn more - siku.org/goosewatch
Watch as we showcase our most recent SIKU Goose Watch community winners! These SIKU goose posts contribute to knowledge sharing between northern communities about the timing of the spring goose migration!
Get involved in the 2025 Goose Watch Challenge and support knowledge-sharing communities - you could win Northern gift cards and more! Learn more - siku.org/goosewatch
Watch as we showcase a selection of Ice Watch posts that demonstrate community knowledge-sharing using SIKU!
Get involved in the 2025 Ice Watch Challenge and support ice safety and knowledge-sharing in your community - you could win Northern gift cards, a new snowmobile and more! Learn more - /siku.org/icewatch Language English narration with Inuktut subtitles
Congratulations to David Iqqaqsaq from Qikiqtarjuaq - the Week #5 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post documenting rough ice near their community.
Get involved in the 2025 Ice Watch! Support ice safety and share knowledge in your community by sharing Ice Posts with SIKU - you could win a brand new snowmobile, Northern gift cards and more! For details visit: siku.org/icewatch
Congratulations to Samuel Mcleod from Aklavik - the Week #4 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post documenting young ice near their community.
Get involved in the 2025 Ice Watch! Support ice safety and share knowledge in your community by sharing Ice Posts with SIKU - you could win a brand new snowmobile, Northern gift cards and more! For details visit: https://siku.org/icewatch
Goose Watch 2025 has begun! Indigenous communities across the North are working together to help track this year’s goose migration using SIKU - you could win a $1000 gift card, sponsored by Northern! Learn more at https://siku.org/goosewatch
Congratulations to Elena Angnatuk from Quaqtaq - the Week #3 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post documenting how to use an unaaq (harpoon) near their community.
Tiffany Adams is a Registered Nurse in Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan. In this video, she discusses how having the capacity to provide birth services in rural and remote communities could be safer for both the families and the caregivers involved.
A mini-documentary on Aboriginal representation in the mass media, particularly in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Produced by myself, Robin Booker and Tiffany Cassidy as part of an assignment/project for our Journalism (JRN) 306 Intermediate Broadcast class, School of Journalism University of Regina.
Synopsis: At twenty-six, Noel Starblanket is one of the youngest Indian chiefs in North America--twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also elected vice-president of all Saskatchewan Indians. His great-grandfather's advice was to "learn the wit and cunning of the White man." That he did.… Read more
Women of the Arnait Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq. The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story in words and songs as they install the qulliq in their igloo.
The history of changes experienced by Inuit people in the last sixty years is contained in the stories of Vivi Kunuk. Abandoned by her father, a White RCMP officer, Vivi Kunuk was adopted by the Inuk family of her mother who raised her as a boy. This is but one remarkable chapter in her life.
The Uluit are an all-female Inuit hockey team in Inukjuak, Nunavik. Join this remarkable group of mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, filmed over the course of one year, as they skate their way to the 2010 Whale Cup. The Uluit, in addition to being star athletes, fiercely inspire and deeply impact their community serving as teachers, midwives, students and social workers.
The Uluit are an all-female Inuit hockey team in Inukjuak, Nunavik. Join this remarkable group of mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, filmed over the course of one year, as they skate their way to the 2010 Whale Cup. The Uluit, in addition to being star athletes, fiercely inspire and deeply impact their community serving as teachers, midwives, students and social workers.
The Uluit are an all-female Inuit hockey team in Inukjuak, Nunavik. Join this remarkable group of mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, filmed over the course of one year, as they skate their way to the 2010 Whale Cup. The Uluit, in addition to being star athletes, fiercely inspire and deeply impact their community serving as teachers, midwives, students and social workers.
The Uluit are an all-female Inuit hockey team in Inukjuak, Nunavik. Join this remarkable group of mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, filmed over the course of one year, as they skate their way to the 2010 Whale Cup. The Uluit, in addition to being star athletes, fiercely inspire and deeply impact their community serving as teachers, midwives, students and social workers.
The Uluit are an all-female Inuit hockey team in Inukjuak, Nunavik. Join this remarkable group of mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, filmed over the course of one year, as they skate their way to the 2010 Whale Cup. The Uluit, in addition to being star athletes, fiercely inspire and deeply impact their community serving as teachers, midwives, students and social workers.
Rose Ukkumaluk, an Igloolik elder, relates the tale of Attagutaaluk, a woman who survived a starvation and lived to become an honoured resident of Igloolik.
Inspired by the author’s own life story, Qilliqtu (Shiny Object) aims at reminding viewers that Indigenous stories span lifetimes and embraces the importance of connecting to the land.
Synopsis: A film report of the 1969 protest demonstration by Mohawk Indians of the St. Regis Reserve on the international bridge between Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario.… Read more
Synopsis: This whimsical animation, reminiscent of NFB classics, follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.
Synopsis: Combining archival photos with new and found footage, Red Ochre is a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up Mi'kmaq in Newfoundland, while living in a culture of denial.
Synopsis: This animated short, inspired by the Mi'kmaq legend, "The Stone Canoe" explores aboriginal humour. We follow Little Thunder as he reluctantly leaves his family and sets out on a cross-country canoe trip to become a man.
Synopsis: Inuit filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk mixes archival and new footage to make a statement about the appropriation of his culture throughout history.
Le cinéaste inuit Jobie Weetaluktuk combine séquences d'archives et nouvelles images pour prendre position sur les différentes formes d'appropriation de sa culture au cours de l'histoire.
Synopsis: A stunning display of a stop motion animation, Dancers of the Grass vividly depicts the majesty of the hoop dance, a tradition symbolizing the unity of all nations.
Éblouissante démonstration d'animation image par image, Les danseurs de l'herbe illustre avec éclat la majesté de la danse du cerceau, une tradition symbolisant l'unité de toutes les nations.
Synopsis: Crossing the Line turns the politics and conflicts of a playground sandbox into an allegory for the way nations treat one another, and the borders seem to do more harm than good.
Synopsis: Carrying Fire weaves together animation and live action to show how the fire of our spirit is passed from one camp and one generation to the next.
Feu portant entrelace animation et réel pour illustrer la façon dont le feu de notre esprit se transmet d'un campement et d'une génération à l'autre.
Synopsis: At twenty-six, Noel Starblanket is one of the youngest Indian chiefs in North America--twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also elected vice-president of all Saskatchewan Indians. His great-grandfather's advice was to "learn the wit and cunning of the White man." That he did.… Read more
Synopsis: A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. He had been taken from his home at the age of four because of family problems, and spent the rest of his seventeen short years moving in and out of twenty-eight foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta.… Read more
Synopsis: At the 1956 gathering of the Blood Indians of Alberta, the exciting spectacle of the Sun Dance was captured on film for the first time.… Read more
Synopsis: Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Indians whose traditional craft it is. In this film, César Newashish, a sixty-seven-year-old Attikamek Indian of the Manowan Reserve north of Montreal, builds a canoe in the old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Synopsis: The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores.
This film, narrated by George Manuel, president of the National Indian brotherhood, presents the view of spokesmen for Canadian Indian and
Métis groups.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Iglaq is a language based children’s program that aims to use art, animation and live action video to teach Inuvialuit language and culture.… Read more
Tungijuq (What We Eat), Isuma, Kunuk Cohn Productions 2009, Producer Stephane Rituit, Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael, Zacharias Kunuk. Inuktut.
Inuit jazz throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, and Cannes-winning filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, talk back to Brigitte Bardot and anti-sealhunting lobby on the eternal reality of hunting.
On Sunday August 4th, the 12th Annual Arviat Ball Hockey Tournament played it's championship game, between The Arviat Warriors and The Benchwarmers. Commentary by Connie Kalluak, and camera by Ethan Tassiuk. Intermissions and some of the awards ceremony have been cut for time.
The Arviat team presents the opening game of the Jon Lindell Memorial hockey tournament in Arviat, Nunavut. The first game of the JLM Calm Air Cup is between the Arviat Kings and Eskimo Point B. LIVE on February 1st, 2024.
The Arviat team welcomes elder Louis Angalik SR, Mayor: Joe Jr Savikataaq and elder Luke Suluk. Louis will be honoured with the Plaque Award for passing on Inuit Culture and Inuit Tradition from 'Inuit Heritage Trust Inc' - 'ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᐅᑦᓯᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦ'. Luke Suluk will be live to talk about this, and we'll watch a clip of Louis being presented his award. LIVE on January 11th, 2024.
Host Evano Jr. Aggark goes live from the radio station, to give some updates to the community about the recent and blizzards in Arviat. With Mayor Joe Jr. Savikataaq and Laura Tassiuk. LIVE on November 30th, 2023.
Host Evano Jr. Aggark welcomes Peter 2 Aulatjut and Lena Arviyut to the show to talk about fall hunting, and fall ice conditions around Arviat. LIVE on October 26th, 2023.
The Arviat team welcomes Arviat mayor Joe Jr. Savikataaq back to the show today. Joe talks about the upcoming October 23rd election for the hamlet board of directors, and elections throughout the Kivalliq region. Evano encourages viewers from Nunavik to apply to have their own live show with Uvagut, and then we take a short tour of the Arviat hamlet building. LIVE on October 19th, 2023.
Host Evano Jr. Aggark welcomes David Nibgoarsi to the show. David shows us some of his carvings and makes a brand new carving on air! LIVE on September 21st, 2023.
Host Evano Jr. Aggark welcomes back the mayor of Arviat: Joe Jr. Savikataaq back to the show, along with Laura Tassiuk. Joe and Laura give some updates for the citizens of Arviat. LIVE on August 24th, 2023.
BERRY PICKING While making breakfast Kalla notices they are almost out of jam, so Ukaliq and Kalla decide to go berry picking for crowberries. Ukaliq learns that even though the berries are very tasty, if he eats as much as he picks, he won’t have any berries to make into jam.
MAKING PITTI Ukaliq and Kalla catch a lot of fish. Enough fish to make all sorts of delicious things, and making pitti (dried fish) is one of their favourites! Kalla tells everyone a story about how he learned how to make pitti.
PICKING HEATHER Ukaliq and Kalla are spending the weekend at their tent. Kalla wakes up early and decides to go for a walk and pick heather. The two make tea and bannock.
ICE BREAKUP Summer arrives in the arctic. Ukaliq is excited to use his snow machine one last time before the sea ice breaks apart. But Kalla informs Ukaliq that the ice has already broken up so he shouldn’t go snowmobiling. Kalla reminds Ukaliq of all the fun things there are to do during summertime.
EGG PICKING Ukaliq and Kalla, two very different friends, decide to go egg picking that day. Kalla has been many times before so gives Ukaliq important advice about leaving some eggs to take care of the birds. But it turns out Ukaliq does not know the difference between a duck and a goose and is in for quite a surprise.
It’s Rita Claire’s last day in the tent, and she feels sad. So she sings to Qimmiq to cheer herself up, and we read the book Way Back Then, featuring different Inuit folktales and myths. ----- ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᑭᖕᒍᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅᓱᓕᕐᒪ ᑐᐱᕐᒥᒃ, ᓄᒫᓱᒃᑐᖅ. ᐃᖖᒋᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᓴᕋᓱᒃᑐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᐃᒃᓱᒪᓂᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖕᒋᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᑦ.
Rita Claire prepares for a rainy day outside with Qimmiq. Celina Kalluk visits to play the guitar and sing, and we are introduced to the traditional story The Legend of Lightning and Thunder. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᕿᒻᒥᕐᓗ ᐱᕙᒌᔭᖅᑑᒃ ᓯᓚᓗᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖕᒐᓄᑦ. ᓯᓖᓇ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑯᑭᑦᑕᐹᒡᒋᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖖᒋᕐᓂᐊᕋᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐅᒃᑳᓕᔭᖅ ᑲᓪᓗᒡᓗ.
Rita Claire and Qimmiq show how to sort different items in the tent. Meeka Arnakaq teaches us how to play Inugaq, a bone game, and we read the book Going to Grandma’s. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᒻᒥᖅ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑑᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖕᒋᑦᑑᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᒃ ᑐᐱᕐᒥᒃ. ᒦᑲ ᐊᕐᓇᑲᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓐᓂᐊᕌᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᒐᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᒃᑯᓐᓅᖅᑐᖅ.
Rita Claire is invited to a friend’s birthday party, but her friend has an unusual request. Celina Kalluk plays the mouth harp, and we read the book Leah’s Mustache Party. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᖃᑎᐊᓗᖕᒐᓄᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᖃᑎᖕᒐ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖕᒋᑦᑐᒥ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖅ. ᓯᓖᓇ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᓱᐴᒐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓕᐊ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᒥᖕᓂᒃ.
Rita Claire teaches how to count to five by counting items in the tent. Beatrice Deer visits the qarmmaq to sing the juggling song, and we read the book Out on the Ice and count fish. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓈᓴᐃᓗᓂ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᐱᕐᒥ. ᕖᐊᑐᕆᔅ ᑎᐅ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᕐᒪᕐᒧ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᓵᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᖖᒋᕐᓗᓂᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᑯᒥ ᓈᓴᐃᓗᑕᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᑦ.
Rita Claire talks about common Arctic bugs, like mosquitoes and wolf spiders. We hear a traditional Inuit story about an orphan and the amautalik, and we read the book Grandmother Ptarmigan. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᓂᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᑭᑦᑐᕆᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓯᕙᐃᑦ. ᓈᓚᓐᓂᐊᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᖃᖕᒐᓂ ᐃᓕᐊᕐᔪᒃ ᐊᒪᑕᓕᒡᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ.
Rita Claire and Qimmiq learn all about Arctic plants. Meeka Arnakaq sings the Butterfly song, Zipporah Kalluk teaches how to light a qulliq (an Inuit stone lamp), and we read the book Saila and Betty.
Rita Claire teaches us about the importance of Inuit clothing and how it protects against the cold. Rita Claire and Celina Kalluk perform a throat song together, and we read the book Viivi’s New Kamiks. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖕᒋᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖕᒋᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᕿᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖕᒑᑦᑕ. ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓖᓇ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᕐᓂᐊᑑᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᕖᕕᐅᑉ ᑲᒥᒃᑖᖅᑲᐅᖕᒋᒃ.
Rita Claire teaches Qimmiq about parts of the body, eating right and brushing our teeth. Looee Arreak sings “Inuktitut Uqausira” and we read the book My Tooth Hurts. ----- ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᕐᒥ ᑎᒥᐅᑉ ᑭᓱᑯᑦᑎᖕᒋᓐᓂᒃ, ᓂᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒍᑎᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᓗᐃ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ ᐃᖖᒋᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ “ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕋ” ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᒍᓯᕆᔪᖕᒐ.
Rita Claire and Qimmiq are getting ready to go for a hike, and she shows how to prepare for a trip. Beatrice Deer teaches us how to count to five in Inuktitut. We hear the Inuit tale of the owl and the lemming and read the book On the Shoulder of a Giant. -----… Read more
Women of the Arnait Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq. The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story in words and songs as they install the qulliq in their igloo.
In this series of workshop sessions, we explored the conversations and conditions that led to the project, shared details of our Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse grant, and explored ways to leverage new opportunities available to our digital/cultural incubator provides for local communities.
Tungijuq (What We Eat), Isuma, Kunuk Cohn Productions 2009, Producer Stephane Rituit, Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael, Zacharias Kunuk. Inuktut.
Inuit jazz throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, and Cannes-winning filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, talk back to Brigitte Bardot and anti-sealhunting lobby on the eternal reality of hunting.
