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Laura Iqaluk

Rita-Lucy Ohaituk was one of eight high school students in Inukjuak who documented their final year of 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 young trainee videographers fashioned a vibrant coming-of-age journal, detailing everyday life and exploring a broad range of issues confronting their community, including youth suicide and cultural upheaval. Also on the team: Bobby Echalook, Willia Ningeok, Caroline Ningiuk, Dora Ohaituk, Linus Kasudluak, Rita-Lucy Ohaituk and Sarah Idlout.

  • 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.

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