Nunavut: Our Land
| Nunavut: Our Land | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Created by | Zacharias Kunuk Norman Cohn |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Isuma |
| Original release | |
| Network | Knowledge Network TVOntario TFO |
| Release | 1994 – 1995 |
Nunavut: Our Land is a Canadian docudrama series, which aired in 1994 and 1995.[1] Created by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn through their Isuma studio to mark the 1993 passage of the Nunavut Act that authorized the creation of the territory of Nunavut,[2] the 13-episode series featured short films of contemporary Inuit people recreating historical scenes of Inuit culture and society.[1]
The series was aired by Knowledge Network, TVOntario and TFO in the 1990s, but did not attract significant notice at the time.[3] It began to receive more widespread attention in the early 2000s following the breakout success of Kunuk's 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner,[3] including a screening in Germany as part of the Documenta11 art exhibition in 2002,[4] and a full national rebroadcast in Canada by Bravo in 2003.[3]
In 2004, the series was released on DVD by Vtape as part of Isuma's eight-disc Inuit Culture Kit box set,[5] which was later replaced by the expanded Inuit Classic Collection set in 2007.[6]
In 2017, it was included in Canada On Screen, a special screening series of significant film and video works from throughout the history of Canadian cinema, which was staged by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark Canada 150.[citation needed]
Episodes
| No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Qimuksik (Dog Team)" |
| 2 | "Avaja" |
| 3 | "Qarmaq (Stone House)" |
| 4 | "Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)" |
| 5 | "Angiraq (Home)" |
| 6 | "Auriaq (Stalking)" |
| 7 | "Qulangisi (Seal Pups)" |
| 8 | "Avamuktulik (Fish Swimming Back and Forth)" |
| 9 | "Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt)" |
| 10 | "Qaisut" |
| 11 | "Tuktuliaq (Caribou Hunt)" |
| 12 | "Unaaq (Harpoon)" |
| 13 | "Quviasukvik (Happy Day)" |
References
- ^ a b Nancy Baele, "Video award winners make compelling series on Inuit culture". Ottawa Citizen, May 25, 1994.
- ^ Claude Lalumiere, "Thinking About Isuma". Point of View, December 1, 2006.
- ^ a b c Odile Nelson, "Isuma series to run nationally starting July 9". Nunatsiaq News, July 4, 2003.
- ^ Sarah Milroy, "Stories of the world". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 2002.
- ^ "Isuma launches publishing business". Nunatsiaq News, May 14, 2004.
- ^ Stéphanie Croteau, "QUAND LE CINÉMA AUTOCHTONE DEVIENT EXEMPLAIRE : DIVERSITÉ CULTURELLE ET PATRIMOINE CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE SOUS LES VISIONS AUTHOCHTONES DE L’ONF". Imaginations, May 26, 2015.
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