Interview with Dominique Angutimariq, Show Me on the Map ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ "...we have to fight so hard for our rights when often things are already decided for us." Arnait Video, Show Me on the Map, 2009.
In August, the Government of Nunavut Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth (CLEY) overruled its previous refusal and now approved the original funding proposal for NITV on IsumaTV 3.0, NITV's 2011-12 proposal to expand the network of IsumaTV High-speed MediaPlayers to a total of 8 Baffin Island communities: Igloolik, Pangnirtuq and Iqaluit, started in 2010-11, and add… Read more
"The estimate came in a presentation on Wednesday before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in Timmins, Ont., as the federal regulator investigates how to close the digital gap between urban and rural areas." Globe&Mail ht… Read more
Research into traditional and contemporary Inuit styles of narration
AVP’s
productions are the expression of
research into traditional and contemporary Inuit styles of narration.
An underlying context for the stories told in our video works is the
formal innovations associated with the Inuit of Igloolik
appropriating videographic tools.
Co-Director Marie-Hélène Cousineau formed the collective Arnait Video Workshop, and is its coordinator/trainer as well as an active collaborating producer. Cousineau has written about the experiences of women making video in Igloolik and curated several exhibitions of their work. Her video work has been widely exhibited in Canada, the U.S and Europe.… Read more
Production Designer and Co-Screenwriter Susan Avingaq has been a regular participant in Arnait projects since its inception. She was a key member of the production team for "Qulliq," "Ataguttaluk Starvation" and "Piujuq and Angutautuq" as writer, actor and musician.… Read more
