Mary Kunuk

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Arnait Video Presents: Aqtuqsi (The Nightmare), Arnait Video Productions 1996, Director Mary Kunuk. Inuktut no subtitles.

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1996
DURATION: 6 min
GENRE: Computer animation
FORMAT: Video (colour)
LANGUAGE: Inuktitut Eng/Fr st.
CAST/PERFORMERS: Madeline Ivalu
DIRECTOR: Mary Kunuk
PRODUCER: Arnait Video Collective… Uqalimakkanirit

An aqtuqsi is a dream from which one must wake up, a paralyzing nightmare. "I decided to put my aqtuqsi in video. It's so interesting because it is not a nightmare or a regular dream: an aqtuqsi is something that can paralyse you when you're sleeping."

Filmmaker: Mary Kunuk

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In this computer animated work, Mary Kunuk explores stories recalled from her own childhood. As she said, "Recording them on video is my way of keeping them alive." Stories told by Madeline Ivalu.

Filmmaker: Mary Kunuk

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