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Vi la pelicula ‘Atanarjuat’ y de la impresion me suscribi a boletines de los filmmakers de la comunidad Inuit…we should take a page from los esquimales!
pero claro, identidad en la isla del viento con vapor es de un poscolonialismo tal vez diferentemente enmadejado/knotted-up…es que tocan los temas que me conciernen personalmente y i want to address con WLM…de hecho, esta gente fueron pioneros, rodaron primer feature-length movie en HiDef video…people died during production- literalmente dieron sus vidas por el Arte, el cine, blabla…! ps-gotta check Inuit music out!!
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NEW DOC FROM ISUMA
QALLUNAJATUT (URBAN INUK)
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Kunuk Cohn Productions and Igloolik Isuma Productions (the independent Inuit production company behind the internationally acclaimed feature film ATANARJUAT THE FAST RUNNER) are pleased to announce the release of a new documentary directed by Nunavik writer JOBIE WEETALUKTUK.

QALLUNAJATUT (URBAN INUK) follows the lives of three Inuit in Montreal over the course of one hot and humid summer. Only two generations ago Inuit lived in small, nomadic hunting camps scattered across the vast Arctic landscape. Since the 1950s, this traditional lifestyle has undergone an astonishing transition from Stone Age to Information Age, as Inuit first relocated (often by force) to government-run settlements, and, more recently, beyond the settlement into southern cities. What happens when an Inuk is dislocated from the traditional Arctic homelands that are so primordial to Inuit culture, history, and social structure? This film shatters stereotypes and gives audiences a vivid, emotional understanding of the challenges facing those who would live Inuit lives in contemporary urban environments. Featuring the original music of Charlie Adams and traditional ajaja songs of Igloolik, Nunavut.

WITH: Jayson Kunnuk, Charlie Adams, Pitsulala Lyta, Abraham Ulayuruluk, Moatie Kunnuk
DIRECTOR:�Jobie Weetaluktuk
PRODUCER:�Katarina Soukup
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn
CAMERA:�Francois Beauchemin, Natar Ungalaaq
SCRIPT WRITERS:�Jobie Weetaluktuk, Jayson Kunnuk
EDITORS:�Marie-Christine Sarda, Jean-Michel Laprise
ORIGINAL MUSIC:�Charlie Adams, Abraham Ulayuruluk
DURATION: 46 minutes

Produced with the financial assistance of Canadian Television Fund (created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry), Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit, SODEC (Societ� de d�veloppement des entreprises culturelles- Qu�bec), Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Aboriginal People’s Television Network, Nunavut Independent Television Network, and Nunavut Film.

More info:
Isuma Distribution International
514-486-0707
distribution@isuma.ca

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ATANARJUAT THE FAST RUNNER
http://atanarjuat.com

IGLOOLIK ISUMA PRODUCTIONS
http://isuma.ca