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.
The Living Stone
1958
5
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
1990
0
Grønland, 1914
1914
0
Brother Bear
2003
7
The Legend of Sarila
2013
4
Angakuksajaujuq
2021
7
Netsilik Eskimo Series, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place
1967
5
Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp
1967
5
Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout
1967
5
Somewhere in the Arctic...
1986
5
Nanook of the North
1922
7
Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
2004
0
The Annanacks
1964
0
Timuti
2012
0
Labrador North
1973
0
Pictures Out Of My Life
1973
0
Between Two Worlds
1990
0
Angry Inuk
2016
7
From Darkness
2002
6
Inuit Languages in the 21st Century
2020
6