| Description |
1 online resource (1 streaming video (14 min., 00 sec.)) : sound |
| Summary |
My father was born in a spring igloo--half snow, half skin. I was born in a hospital, with jaundice and two teeth. Inuit artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe--14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present, past and future of her people in a radiant new light. Diving into the NFB's vast archive, she parses the complicated cinematic representation of the Inuit, harvesting fleeting truths and fortuitous accidents from a range of sources--newsreels, propaganda, ethnographic docs, and work by Indigenous filmmakers. Embedding historic footage into original animation, she conjures up a vision of hope and beautiful possibility |
| Analysis |
Experimental films Inuit Historical perspectives |
| Notes |
Indigenous filmmaker (Inuit) |
| Credits |
Writer, null Asinnajaq ; director, null Asinnajaq ; animator, Jonathan Ng, Patrick Defasten ; field recording, null Asinnajaq ; editor, Annie Jean ; original music, Olivier Alary ; sound design, Catherine Van Der Donckt ; sound editing, Catherine Van Der Donckt ; foley artist, Karla Baumgardner ; illustrations, Naluturuk Weetaluktuk, Tanya Innaarulik ; researcher, null Asinnajaq ; consultant, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Tanya Tagaq, Geronimo Inutiq, Judith Gruber-Stitzer ; technical director, animation, Éloi Champagne ; re-recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; producer, Kat Baulu ; executive producer, Annette Clarke |
| Performer |
Narration by Asinnajaq |
| Event |
Recorded 2017 |
| Notes |
Best Global Indigenous Short Film Award, 2018 |
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International Indigenous Award, 2018 |
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Kent Monkman Award For Best Experimental Work, 2017 |
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Online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2020-05-14) |
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Inuit.
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Eskimos.
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Eskimos.
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Inuit
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| Genre/Form |
Inuit in popular culture
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Documentary films
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Experimental films
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Documentary films.
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Experimental films.
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Documentaires.
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Films expérimentaux.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Asinnajaq, null, film director
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Baulu, Kat, film producer
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Clarke, Annette, film producer
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National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), film producer
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