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Bobby Echalook

Bobby Echalook was one of eight trainee filmmakers in Inukjuak who documented their final year of high school in Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive, a participatory media initiative undertaken by the NFB in 2004. Mentored by professionals from Montreal’s EyeSteelFilm, the team crafted a richly detailed video journal, detailing everyday activities and addressing a broad range of issues confronting their community, including youth suicide and cultural upheaval. Also on the team: Sarah Idlout, Laura Iqaluk, Willia Ningeok, Caroline Ningiuk, Dora Ohaituk, Linus Kasudluak and Rita-Lucy Ohaituk.

  • Inuuvunga - I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
    Inuuvunga - I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
    Bobby Echalook ,  Sarah Idlout , … 2004 57 min
    In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
  • Inuuvunga - Je suis Inuk. Je suis vivant
    Inuuvunga - Je suis Inuk. Je suis vivant
    Bobby Echalook ,  Sarah Idlout , … 2004 57 min
    Dans ce long métrage documentaire, huit jeunes adolescents inuit posent leur regard de cinéaste sur la vie contemporaine dans le Nord canadien et proposent un compte rendu pénétrant sur le passage à l'âge adulte à une époque de confusion et de désagrégation culturelle.

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