Meetings with Arviat Film Society (ArviatTV) and fishing at Maguse Lake, hunting guide Billy Ukutak, was an excellent guide, he made pancake breakfast for Zach, and hosted Zach and Eric Anoee (Arviat Film Society) in his cabin and took Zach to the hunting grounds. Zach caught Lake Trout, Arctic Char, and caribou.… Uqalimakkanirit
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.… Uqalimakkanirit
Focusing on the emerging youth of today, the ‘fourth’ generation never lived on the land, have little or no traditional knowledge, speak both Inuktitut and English poorly and have few positive models or prospects in either the traditional life of their ancestors or the world of the whites. Youth can be lost, unemployed, angry, with nothing to do.… Uqalimakkanirit
Angirattut (Coming Home) is a 90-minute documentary film directed by Zacharias Kunuk which follows Inuit extended family homecoming voyage to traditional home site, to celebrate ancestors' history of life on the land and to mourn the loss of modern relocation between worlds.
My Father's Land(Attatama Nunanga) by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn. 163 mins. Inuktitut and English, (c) Kingulliit Productions 2014.… Uqalimakkanirit
The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) public hearing in Pond Inlet (Nunavut) to assess Baffinland’s revised Early Revenue Phase proposal and Environmental Review for the Mary River iron ore mining project.
Day 1 (January 27, 2014)
IsumaTV’s Digital Indigenous Democracy’s presentation by Zacharias Kunuk and Jonathan Frantz (in English)
Kingulliit: The Next Generation is a 3-part documentary in Inuktitut.
Mixing never‐before seen historical footage with interviews of Inuit of all ages today, three episodes of Kingulliit, The Next Generation span the past, present and future of Inuit culture.
Filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Jonathan Frantz present IsumaTV's Digital Indigenous Democracy project Human Rights Assessment and recommendations for Baffinland's Mary River Early Revenue Phase Proposal.
