Zacharias Kunuk focus
Overview of films
-
-
Bowhead!
Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq | 52' | Canada |
In August 1996, Inuit hunters from across the Arctic gathered to catch the first legal bowhead whale in more than forty years. This film traces… -
Fish Traps
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
Near Igloolik in the 1930s, a summer comes to its end. Three families build a saputi, with which they catch fish swimming upstream for the… -
Gathering Place
Zacharias Kunuk | 58' | Canada |
Kunuk drags the viewer along into a world where time fades, past and present flow into one. The construction of a communal igloo, dancing, music-makin -
Going Inland
Zacharias Kunuk | 58' | Canada |
Summer, 1930s: for Igloolik Inuit, this is the time for nunaqpa, the long quest for fattened summer caribou, to catch enough meat for the gruelling… -
My First Polar Bear
Zacharias Kunuk | 48' | Canada |
Young Joshua Kunuk is taken on his first polar-bear hunt, to see the hunt itself, the skinning and cutting up of the bear.The boy’s grandfather… -
Our Land – Episode 1 (Dog Team)
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
Episode I: In which Inuaraq teaches his youngest son the traditional way to survive. -
Our Land – Episode 10 (Qaisut)
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
Igloolik, Summer 1946. After the walrus hunt, everyone is happy. There will be enough to eat for a long time. -
Our Land – Episode 11 (Caribou Hunt)
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
Autumn comes early and the weather is getting colder. Lakes are frozen and the sea ice gets thicker every day. -
Our Land – Episode 12 (Harpoon)
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
The tea simmers on the seal lamps, children play on the beds with caribou skins. Grandmother tells stories of the old times. -
Our Land – Episode 13 (Happy Day)
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
Christmas, 1946: with lots of meat and warm shelter against the biting cold, it’s a great time for parties and storytelling. -
Our Land – Episode 2 (Avaja)
Zacharias Kunuk | 30' | Canada |
In which the Inuit share fresh caribou delicacies and tell stories.
