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Eskimo Arts and Crafts
1943
18 min
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A doc about the Inuit art of Baffin Island. The film illustrates traditional leatherwork and carving, and the construction of a kayak.
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A doc about the Inuit art of Baffin Island. The film illustrates traditional leatherwork and carving, and the construction of a kayak.
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directorLaura Boulton
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producerLaura Boulton
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photographyGrant McLean
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consultantRobert Flaherty
Ages 15 to 17
School subjects
Students will analyze the impacts, on the viewing audience, of the paternalistic attitudes and beliefs voiced in the non-Eskimo written narration versus the skills and ingenuity depicted in the visuals of the Eskimo arts and crafts. Students will consider the importance of these skills for survival, community cohesion and organization versus the meaning and uses of the term “arts and crafts.”