Documentary

The trip from Cohamiata to the sacred place Utu-táwita (blue land, blue pines).

Second chapter of the holy week celebration.

A youth oriented reflexion through video and interviews about the situation of 2 natives worlds, in 2 opposite geographic context, the Peruvian Amazonia and the Canadian high Arctic. Contrast and similitude...

Filmmaker: Guillaume Saladin

Filmmaker Contact:

www.artcirq.org

Producer's Name: artcirq

Artcirq (Igloolik), Les 7 Doigts de la main (Montreal), and Cirko de Mente (Mexico) working together for the first time in october 2007, Monterrey, Mexico.This is just the beginning... Follow "Fibonacci project 2008"

Filmmaker: Solomon Uyarasuk

Filmmaker Contact:

www.artcirq.org

The drum party celebrations. When kids make music with the chanter.

Preparations for the drum party.

In this weekly episode of 'Our Dene Elders' meet Nap Norbert.

First part of the trip to Aramara. From Tatei-kie (center of the sierra) to las Tinieblas (where the deads arrive).

Isuma team screened in four communities around Quebec The Journals of Knud Rasmussen and some indigenous documentaries. Our team also gave some video workshops to the youth of the communities.… Read more

In this tour the artist Lucy Tulugarjuk went along with the technician.… Read more

In this tour two youth from the Artcirq group went along with the technician. They screened The Journals, talked about their experience with circus and video art to other youth, and gave some performances at the communities they visited.

Rooted in tradition, adoption is a reality that all Inuit families have experienced. In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is a common practice. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, the adoptive mother of Alexandre Apak, lived in Igloolik, a small island southwest of Baffin Island in the Arctic, for many years.

This video is part of a series of other documentaries around a youth Inuit group, Artcirq, who are trying to express their reality and identity in modern days.

Filmmaker: Natar Ungalaq

Filmmaker Contact:

Visit our website www.artcirq.org

Producer's Name: Natar Ungalaq

Rooted in tradition, adoption is a reality which all Inuit families have experienced. In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is extremely common. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, the adoptive mother of Alexandre Apak, lived in Igloolik, a small island southwest of Baffin Island in the Arctic, for many years.

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.

Filmmaker: Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective

Filmmaker Contact: Visit our website www.arnaitvideo.ca or www.isuma.ca

Producer's Name: Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective

Women of the 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.

Filmmaker: Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective