Category: Inuit Cinema
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Zacharias Kunuk and The Inuit Style of Filmmaking
This article was commissioned by Filmpodium in Zurich, Switzerland for a program called “Zacharias Kunuk & The Inuit Style of Filmmaking.” It was first published in the January 1 – February 15, 2023 edition of their self-titled magazine. Odds are if you have ever heard of an Inuk filmmaker, you have heard the name Zacharias…
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Labrador Inuit Film Pioneers
In 1892, a group of Inuit from Zoar, Nain, Okak, and Hebron left Labrador to work as ethnographic performers in the United States and Europe. The story of their work in Europe is still emerging but Jim Zwick and (soon) Nigel Markham (will) have written about their work in the United States.
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My Village in Nunavik on CBC Ideas
In June 2023, I appeared on CBC Radio’s Ideas to discuss Bobby Kenuajuak’s My Village in Nunavik (1999), a remarkable film about his home community of Puvirnituq, Nunavik. Kenuajuak made the film through the National Film Board’s Programme cinéastes autochtones and sought to challenge southern representations of Inuit communities as isolated and deprived. The program…