Attagutaaluk (Starvation)

Women of the Arnait Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq. The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story in words and songs as they install the qulliq in their igloo.

The history of changes experienced by Inuit people in the last sixty years is contained in the stories of Vivi Kunuk. Abandoned by her father, a White RCMP officer, Vivi Kunuk was adopted by the Inuk family of her mother who raised her as a boy. This is but one remarkable chapter in her life.

A documentary exploring issues of family, community, self, environment and culture including perspectives of children, teens and elders from Igloolik.

Of Ravens and Children, Arnait Video Productions 2015, Director Marie-Helene Cousineau. Inuktut and English w/Eng s-t.

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2001
DURATION: 52 min.
GENRE: documentary
FORMAT: video, colour
LANGUAGE: Inuktitut, Fr-Eng st
DIRECTORS: Mary Kunuk, Marie-Hélène Cousineau
PRODUCERS: Mary Kunuk, Marie-Helene Cousineau… Read more

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

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.

Arnait Video Presents: Charlie Pisuk, Arnait Video Productions. English.

Charlie Pisuk is your uncle, your cousin, your brother-in-law. What do you have to say about him? Someone is listening.

A Montréal woman and her 14-year-old son travel to the High Arctic so he can meet his late father’s Inuit family for the first time.

An Arnait Video Productions & Kunuk Cohn Productions Productions

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.