02B Long-form documentary

Lukie Airut from Igloolik speaks about the impacts of climate change.

Livie Kullualik from Pangnirtung shares his environmental observations.

Here it used to start melting, in seems, in two layers. Now that doesn't happen anymore. The melting is not happening the way it used to. This is the greatest impact according to my knowledge.

Lasalusie Ishulutaq speaks about the past and sings traditional songs.

English Transcript: The weather was not like this. It used to be good. Now it's different. We hunted for clothing in that area while the fur was thin. We used to row and portage. That's how it was.

This feature documentary takes viewers “on the land” with elders and hunters to explore the social and ecological impacts of a warming Arctic.  Directed by Zacharias Kunuk and reseacher/filmmaker Dr Ian Mauro.  

LONG SYNOPSIS

Susan Avingaq from Igloolik directed this video about traditional clothing styles from Igloolik.

Produced with the support of the Canada Arts Council.

Paul Qulitalik interviewing Alain Iyerak about police and priests coming to the arctic

Producer's Name: NITV

Country: Canada

Paul Quassa talks about the Qallunaat of Europe in the 1400s and 1500s and, specifically, about classes of people.

Filmmaker Contact:

Host: Paul Quassa

Camera: Zach Kunuk

Producer's Name: NITV

Country: Canada

Live from The Floe Edge From an Inuit Point of View August 2008 Interview with David Irngaut

In 1953, Inuit families were forcibly relocated to the uninhabited and inhospitable high arctic, 1500 kilometres north of their traditional homeland of Nunavik, in northern Québec, to extend Canadian claims of sovereignty to Ellesmere Island. Inuit endured families torn apart and many years of hardship.… En savoir plus

Filmed by Collective9

Year of Production: 2009

Country: Canada

A documentary about a group of elders in Igloolik, who decide to build an umiaq, a boat covered with seal skins

Arnait Video Presents: Umiaq, Arnait Video Productions 2007, filmmakers Madeline Ivalu, Carol Kunnuk.

In Inuktitut with Eng s-t. 

info@arnaitvideo.ca.

Three partners of Igloolik Isuma Productions interview themselves about the meaning of their work together. Shot sometime in the early 1990's, date unknown.

Why We Do This? Zach Kunuk, Qulitalik, Norman Cohn, 42:09, Inuktitut and English. Early 1990s.

All the way to Timbuktu.

A documentary of the journey from the Arctic to Timbuktu, for the Festival au Desert. 10 young people, 6 from Igloolik, 2 from Iqaluit and 2 from france, meet in the sahara desert to perform in Bamako and Timbuktu, and give circus workshops to youth on the way.

Rooted in tradition, adoption is a reality that all Inuit families have experienced. In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is a common practice. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, the adoptive mother of Alexandre Apak, lived in Igloolik, a small island southwest of Baffin Island in the Arctic, for many years.

A group of Nunavut elders travel to five museums in North America to see and identify artifacts, tools and clothing collected from their Inuit ancestors.

Inuit Piqutingit (What Belongs to Inuit), Igloolik Isuma Productions, Kivalliq Inuit Association 2009, Producers Bernadette Dean, Katarina Soukup, Zacharias Kunuk. English and Inuktut w/Eng s-t.