our journey

514 years after Columbus 80% of the world’s indigenous people still live in remote rural communities beyond the range of conventional film distribution. Virtually invisible and excluded from modern communications services, a worldwide Aboriginal audience has no influence on the global film industry until it can contribute to the ‘gross box office’ that drives modern media priorities.

Beyond the Art-house: A National Event

In 2002 Atanarjuat the Fast Runner was a surprise international success. In the U.S. it grossed $3 million mostly in Landmark Theatres including 18 weeks at the Sunshine in New York and went on to wide DVD release by Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment.… Uqalimakkanirit

The Inuit word Isuma means ‘to have a thought.’ Igloolik Isuma Productions, the film’s producer, is Thinking Productions. Their headquarters in Igloolik has a sign over the door that greets visitors and passers-by alike, in Inuktitut letters saying, ISUMA. Think! Why is it important if The Journals of Knud Rasmussen proves Inuit had Isuma even before they were ‘civilized’?… Uqalimakkanirit