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  • Hunting Tools

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    In the film, this set of hunting tools is made of intricately laced bone and sinew.

    The forked kakivak (fish spear) requires impeccable hand-eye coordination and timing.

    The unaaq (spear) can be used hunt a variety of animals, such as polar bear, seal, walrus, beluga, and narwhal.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Caribou Goggles

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    Iggak (caribou goggles) are carved from the antlers of the animal. They were worn to protect the eyes from the harsh glare of sunlight reflected on the ice and snow in the Arctic.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Props

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    The filmmakers assembled a group of talented local artisans to re-create the props used in Atanarjuat.

    They were led by head prop-maker and artistic director James Ungalaaq, an internationally renowned Inuit sculptor from Igloolik whose work is in numerous museum collections of Inuit art worldwide

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Raven Parka

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    This parka is worn by the original camp leader and shaman Kumaglak. His murder in the presence of the Evil Shaman, Tungajuaq, sparks the bloody feud between Atanarjuat and Oki's families. The raven feathers sewn on the skin of the parka indicate that the man wearing it is a shaman.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Oki's Hood

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    This winter nasaq (hood) was worn by Oki in the film. Made of wolf fur, the hood has long tentacle-like strips encircling the neck, the effect of which is to make Oki look fiercer and meaner.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • eider parka

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    This unusual parka is made of King Eider duck skin and covered in feathers. It was worn by Atanarjuat's arch-rival, Oki, during the attack on Atanarjuat's camp and subsequent chase across the sea ice. The parka floats in water!

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Amauti

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    The amauti (woman's parka) has a deep hood at the back in which babies and children are placed. In the film, this beautiful amauti was a gift to Atuat, Atanarjuat's first wife, during their emotional reunion after his return to Igloolik following a period of exile and recovery at the camp of the shaman Qulitalik.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Costumes

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    Under the dual direction of head seamstress and Igloolik elder, Atuat Akkitirq (nominated for a Genie Award in Achievement in Costume Design), and a group of highly-skilled local seamstresses created the magnificient clothing worn by the characters in the film.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Filmmaking Inuit Style

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    Atanarjuat was filmed with an all-Inuit cast in Inuktitut on location under extreme conditions. To achieve this on a modest yet professional $1.9 million budget required serious arctic know-how. Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • 2m 47s

    Lola Andere, Mazahua (español)

    uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

    channel: IsumaTV Greetings

    My mother tongue is Mazahua. Ever since my parents taught me, I have kept on speaking it.

    I love speaking Mazahua. I combine both, Spanish and Mazahua, when I speak.

    Very few people of my family still know how to speak Mazahua, the majority of them speak Spanish.

    I would like to show [this video] to other people, my nephews and my grandchildren.
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    uploaded date: 16-05-2009

  • 38h 58m 50s

    Kinngait Today

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Elisapee Joanasie, Liveena Toonoo and Neevee Jaw bring us this (faux) News piece from Kinngait, Nunavut.  Careful of those rabid dogs!

    Filmmaker: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker Contact:

     

    qajaaq@gmail.com

    Producer's Name: Embrace Life Council

    Year of Production: 2009

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    uploaded date: 13-05-2009

  • 58h 21m 17s

    A day in the life of the Nain Daycare

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Amy Tuglavina, of Nain, Nunatsiavut, completed this photo project, along with audio, following her participation in Inuusivut workshops there in March of 2009.

    Filmmaker: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker Contact:

     

    qajaaq@gmail.com

    Producer's Name: Embrace Life Council

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    uploaded date: 13-05-2009

  • Contact

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Your input, comments and questions are welcome!

    To contact Inuusivut:

    Phone: 867.979.1973
    Fax: 867.975.3234

    Email: qajaaq@gmail.com

    PO Box 2259
    Iqaluit, Nunavut
    XOA OHO

    www.inuusivut.com

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    uploaded date: 11-05-2009

  • 1m 44s

    Let's Play Ping Pong

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker Contact:

    qajaaq@gmail.com

    Producer's Name: Embrace Life Council

    Year of Production: 2008

    Country: Canada

    Region: Inuit Nunaat

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    uploaded date: 10-05-2009

  • 6m 48s

    The Effects of NOS

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Doreen and Ipiksaut, of Rankin Inlet, produced this video, showing "the effects of NOS" as part of the Inuusivut project workshops which took place in their community in the summer of 2008

    Filmmaker: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker Contact:

    qajaaq@gmail.com

    Producer's Name: Embrace Life Council

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    uploaded date: 10-05-2009

  • 6m 11s

    Melissa and Cassandra Inuusivut

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Melissa and Cassandra, of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, prepared this video highlighting the Inuusivut training which took place in their home community in 2008.

    Filmmaker: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker Contact:

    qajaaq@gmail.com

    Producer's Name: Embrace Life Council

    Year of Production: 2008

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    uploaded date: 10-05-2009

  • 5m 33s

    Sunscreen

    uploaded by: Qajaaq Ellsworth

    channel: Inuusivut

    Sunscreen is a photoslideshow/video project set to music. Completed by Terry Kusugak and Kayla Bruce, Rankin Inlet

    Filmmaker: Inuusivut

    Filmmaker Contact:

    qajaaq@gmail.com

    Producer's Name: Embrace Life Council

    Year of Production: 2009

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    uploaded date: 09-05-2009