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Inuuvunga - I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

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2004 57 min
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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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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.

Children and Youth Film and Video Arts Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) Education Social Issues All subjects
Indigenous Cinema
  • director
    Bobby Echalook
    Sarah Idlout
    Laura Iqaluk
    Linus Kasudluak
    Dora Ohaituk
    Rita-Lucy Ohaituk
    Willia Ningeok
    Caroline Ningiuk
    Mila Aung-Thwin
    Daniel Cross
    Brett Gaylor
  • participant
    Lucassie Echalook
    Janet Idlout
    Elisapee Inukpuk
    Johnny Inukpuk
    Mary Patsauq Iqaluk
    Nellie Nastapoka
    Anna Ohaituk
    Leo-Paul Ohaituk
  • production assistant
    Caroline Oweetaluktuk
  • assistant editor
    Tunu Napartuk
    Anna Oweetaluktuk
    Caroline Oweetaluktuk
  • logging
    Tom Fennario
    Tunu Napartuk
    Joanna Okpik
  • translation
    Tunu Napartuk
    Anna Oweetaluktuk
    Caroline Oweetaluktuk
  • sound editor
    Marco Fania
  • foley artist
    Chris Piggins
  • foley recordist
    Franck Wastiaux
  • sound library technician
    Vital Millette
  • sound re-recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording technician
    Hilary Thomson
    Sylvain Cajelais
  • online editing
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Denis Gathelier
  • digital editing technician
    Ochelle Greenidge
    Martine Forget
    Phyllis Lewis
    Chaz Oliver
    Danielle Raymond
  • title design
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • post-production co-ordinator
    Claude Cardinal
  • studio clerk
    Sia Koukoulas
  • studio administrator
    Nickie Merulla
    Marie Tonto-Donati
  • music clearances
    Sylvia Mezei
  • marketing manager
    Moira Keigher
  • graphic design
    Conor Virtue
  • producer
    Pierre Lapointe
  • executive producer
    Sally Bochner

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Ages 15 to 17
School subjects
Indigenous Studies - Identity/Society Indigenous Studies - Issues and Contemporary Challenges
An excellent film for acquainting students with the various problems faced by Inuit communities: suicide, addiction, and issues related to the co-existence of traditions and modernity. The teacher can get a discussion started by asking the following question: do you think the co-existence of traditional and modern ways of thinking is at the core of the problems experienced by the inhabitants of this community? What is at stake for the community?
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