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.
In 1991, Igloolik Isuma Productions gathered 13 Igloolik elders for a week of discussion, to choose and then record 24 traditional ajaja songs considered most important to preserve for the future: where did the songs come from, how where they made and how have they been passed down generation to generation?
In the 1980’s and 90’s, as aging elders and Third Generation children become modern adults, southern radio and television introduced in 1982 increase the impact of foreign language and culture, and quickly alter the community dynamics of the settlement.… Leer más
Igloolik Mayor Nicholas Arnatsiaq, NIRB Final Public Hearings, July 23, 2012, Igloolik, 3:36 Inuktitut, official welcome opens the Hearings in Igloolik.
Lloyd Lipsett with Zacharias Kunuk, Formal Intervention, NIRB Technical Hearing, July 23, 2012, Igloolik, Part 2/5 7:15, original English. Human Rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett, commissioned by IsumaTV's new media project, Digital Indigenous Democracy, explains current international standards for human rights in mining developments and why human ri… Leer más
Emile Immaroitok with Bernard Saladin d'Anglure 1972, 10:01 ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Inuktitut and English, French sub-titles. Assembled into a trailer of Zacharias Kunuk videos filmed over years on the hunt and in Igloolik, editor Carol Kunnuk.
Bernard Saladin d’Anglure: So Immaroitok, you arrived at your camp at Steensby Inlet?
ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Zacharias Kunuk hunting and filming at the flow edge with other men from Igloolik, April 1 and 3 2012. 8:00 by Zacharias Kunuk; editor Carol Kunnuk.
Piujuk and Angutautuq, Arnait Video Productions 1994, Producers Madeline Ivalu, Susan Avingaq, Mary Kunuk and Marie-helene Cousineau. Inuktut w/English s-t.
As the first woman to compete in and win the “Nunavut Quest” dog team race, Denise Malliki is a great source of inspiration for many young Inuit women and men as well as a compelling ambassador for our Inuit culture and traditions.
Queen Of The Quest (34 mins), Arnait Video Productions, NITV 2010, Director Carol Kunnuk.
From my experience , I wanted to see and imagine what they where talking about , I have been working in films as a art director and it was challenging for me because I thought I knew my culture when I was growing up , but when I had to decide on a set ,it was hard to remember and I have forgotten a lot that are important and I needed to see in order to remember how it was made and how it was u… Leer más
It was hard to get a new inujja because there was hardly any wood , when my father was making sled ( kamutti ) their would be small peaces and the wood was so breakable, my father made me one after he made the sled .
I did not like small animals , my inujjaa would have fur from a caribou skin firom an antler ,that is why I never use any small animal fur . when my mother first made me a sheet for a caribou skin from an alter I was soo happy . but after words I was able to use leman fur because other girls had it … Leer más
Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond team up to research the events and historical impacts of an 18th century conflict between Inuit and Cree in Northern Québec, and to bring people together finally in 2013.
Inuit Cree Reconciliation, Kingulliit Productions, NITV 2013, Directors Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond. Inuktut, Cree, English w/English s-t.
