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  • Cast and Characters

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    Atanarjuat was cast entirely with Inuit actors from Igloolik.

    The cast were a mix of experienced and newly-initiated actors. Natar Ungalaaq as Atanarjuat, and Paul and Mary Qulitalik as Qulitaliq and Nuriuniq, for example, have previous credits in Claude Masson's Kabloonak, CBC's Trial at Fortitude Bay and Turner Broadcasting's Glory and Honor.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Sets

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    The sets for Atanarjuat were all authentic Inuit dwellings, made from traditional natural materials such as ice blocks, animal skins, rocks, sod, and snow. Igloos, for instance, were crafted from real snow blocks - not styrofoam as in some Southern productions about life in the Arctic!

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Qamutik

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    In the film, this qamutik (sled) belongs to Atanarjuat. It is made of caribou antlers and bone carefully laced together with sinew cord. Water is drizzled on the runners until it freezes, then made slick with a scrap of fur so that travel over the ice and tundra is swift and smooth.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Qajaq

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    In the film, Atanarjuat paddles to shore in this qajaq (one-man canoe), toward his summer camp and his wife Atuat, who is now expecting their son.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • 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