Amitturmiut

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Amitturmiut is the companion website for Angirattut (Coming Home), providing support documentation and bonus footage, to give viewers a more in-depth look.

Media on this Channel

48m 3s

Angakkuiit (Shaman Stories)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

Inuit memories and experiences of shamanism, and oral histories about the last shamans practicing in the region of Igloolik, Nunavut. Interviewees range from young people to elders and politicians, but they all share a belief that things happen, and that shamanism is still a living religion.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 30-12-2003
28m 55s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Grandmother remembers the old way. In autumn 1945, five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.
Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House), Igloolik Isuma Productions 1995, Filmmakers: Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Pauloosie Qulitalik. Inuktut w/Eng s-t.

… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 29-12-1995
51m 23s

Ajainaa! (Almost!)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

Ajainaa! features Igloolik Elders discussing their views of contemporary Inuit life. Topics include the role of Inuit and "Southern" forms of education, survival strategies (such as how to save a drowning victim), and the differences between camp and settlement life. Written, produced, and performed by Isuma's Uqallangniq Elders Group.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 18-11-1994
50m 45s

Nipi (Voice)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

Rapid change from traditional to modern life in Nunavut, like many post-colonial societies, has concentrated power, wealth and information in a few hands.… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 02-11-1994
30m 35s

Saputi (Fish Traps)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: MICH Living Archives

As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable....

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… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 28-10-1993
58m 23s

Qaggiq (Gathering Place)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: MICH Living Archives

First Isuma recreated fiction. A late-winter Inuit camp in the 1930's. Four families build a qaggiq, a large communal igloo, to celebrate the coming of spring with games, singing and drum dancing. A young man seeks a wife. The girl's father says no, but her mother says yes...
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 30-09-1988
29m 31s

Qitdlassuaq Part 1

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

Qitdlassuaq Part 1, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 18-03-1988
29m 20s

Qitdlassuaq Part 2

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

Qitdlassuaq Part 2, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 18-03-1988
29m 20s

Qitdlassuaq Part 3

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

Qitdlassuaq Part 3, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 17-03-1988
29m 20s

Qitdlassuaq Part 4

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

Qitdlassuaq Part 4, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.
… Uqalimakkanirit

uploaded date: 16-03-1988