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Jobie Weetaluktuk
Inuk writer, editor, broadcaster and filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk was born in a summer igloo some 50 kilometres from Inukjuak. His first documentary, Qallunajatut: Urban Inuk (2005), screened around the world, winning the Rigoberta Menchu Grand Prize at the Montréal First Peoples Festival. His credits include Kakkalaakkuvik (Where the Children Dwell) (2009), a deeply personal perspective on the impact of residential schooling, and Timuti, a heartfelt study of the Inuit practices surrounding childbirth and naming. “Weetaluktuk’s films navigate how Inuit cultural heritage contrasts and informs contemporary Inuit communities while continuing to address the ongoing effects of colonialism,” says the Inuit Art Foundation.
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InukShopJobie Weetaluktuk 2009 2 minIn this short film, filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk mixes archival and new footage to make a statement about the appropriation of Inuit culture throughout history. -
TimutiJobie Weetaluktuk 2012 29 minIn this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her unplanned child. In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generations of his people, evoking other Timutis, alive and dead, who will nourish his spirit and shape his destiny.
