Teaching by Films

 

Atanarjuat

 

  • Inuit legends
  • Shamanism
  • Community-based filmmaking
  • Nomadic communities
  • First film written, directed and acted by Inuit
  • Inuktitut language
  • Inuit ancestors


The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

 

  • Inuit storytelling
  • Early 20th century
  • Modern anthropology
  • Old vs new culture
  • Christianity
  • Shamanism
  • Arctic Expeditions
  • Digital storytelling


Before Tomorrow

 

  • Inuit women storytelling
  • Family relationships
  • Impact of disease
  • First encounter with white people

 

Qimuksik (Dog Team)

 

  • Life in the Arctic
  • Inuit survival skills (the old way): navigation, ice thickness, driving the dogs, building the igloo, catching seals on the open water, running down caribou to feed the family.
  • Family: dad role model
  • Hunting skills
  • Inuit relationship with dogs

 

Nanugiurutiga (My First Polar Bear)

 

  • Polar Bears
  • Elders storytelling
  • Working in community
  • Inuit Family
  • Hunting skills
  • Inuit relationship with dogs

 

Artcirq

 

  • Inuit traditions and circus training
  • Working in community
  • Youth in the Arctic
  • Suicide and despair prevention
  • Good examples for community
  • Circus Performance
  • Inuit storytelling with theater and songs

 

Unakuluk (Dear Little One)

  • Inuit culture
  • Inuit family relations
  • Women stories
  • Adoption as a tradition
  • Storytelling through embroider, draw and cut of fabric

 

Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt)

 

  • Inuit historic use of boats
  • Old way of camping
  • Children handling
  • Social structure
  • Safety measures
  • Hunting practices