Zacharias Kunuk Movies

  • 2006
    The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

    The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

    The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

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    Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit,...

    The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
  • 2011
    The National Parks Project

    The National Parks Project

    The National Parks Project

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    In an increasingly urban nation, Canada’s national parks are a treasured escape into extraordinary beauty and rugged wilderness. If the Group...

    The National Parks Project
  • 2025
    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

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    Through interviews with Inuit across Nunavut, and documentation of a three-year community hearing process during the COVID pandemic, award-winning...

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
  • 2018
    Edge of the Knife

    Edge of the Knife

    Edge of the Knife

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    Island of Haida Gwaii, northern Canada, 19th century. During a fishing gathering, Adiits'ii commits an unfortunate act. Tormented, he runs away to...

    Edge of the Knife
  • 2013
    Uvanga

    Uvanga

    Uvanga

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    Anna is nervous when she and her son, Tomas, arrive in the small, close-knit community of Igloolik, in the Canadian Arctic.

    Uvanga
  • 2019
    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

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    1961. In Kapuivik, an Inuit man named Noah Piugattuk and his compatriots are visited by a white man who says they have to move to a reservation.

    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
  • 1985
    From Inuk Point of View

    From Inuk Point of View

    From Inuk Point of View

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    In 1985, Zacharias Kunuk broke the race barrier at Canada Council for the Arts when his Inuktitut-language video, From Inuk Point of View, was the...

    From Inuk Point of View
  • 2011
    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

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    Filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond join forces on a journey to the remote site where their ancestors once clashed to celebrate 200 years of...

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation
  • 1970
    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    01970HD

    Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the...

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
  • 1970
    Qarmaq (Stone House)

    Qarmaq (Stone House)

    Qarmaq (Stone House)

    01970HD

    Igloolik, Fall 1945. Grandmother remembers the old way. In autumn 1945, five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.

    Qarmaq (Stone House)
  • 2004
    Kunuk Family Reunion

    Kunuk Family Reunion

    Kunuk Family Reunion

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    In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the...

    Kunuk Family Reunion
  • 1970
    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    01970HD

    In Qimuksik (Dog Team) one family travels in the immense and beautiful arctic during spring. Inuaraq teaches his young son how to survive in the old...

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)
  • 2010
    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    62010HD

    Director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat The Fast Runner) and researcher and filmmaker Dr. Ian Mauro (Seeds of Change) have teamed up with Inuit...

    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    02024HD

    Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

    Red Fever