About
This forty-minute film was made from four documents filmed by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure in 1961 and 1965-66. Divided into several themes, it allows us to discover traditional modes of transport such as dog sledding, pack dogs and kayaking; beluga hunting; the covering of a kayak with bearded seal skins, requiring the participation of the community; the transformation of a loon skin into a sewing kit; the importance of dogs in community life; children's games; mussels harvesting during great tides; berry picking; but also the increasing government influence shown through the seasonal visit of icebreakers, etc., at the beginning of sedentarization.
KANGIQSUJUAQ (1961 et 1966)
This film presents several aspects of traditional life at the beginning of the 1960s, as well as the changes brought by sedentarization.
16 mm colour movie, silent
41 minutes
Director : B. Saladin d’Anglure
Camera: B. Saladin d’Anglure
Shot at the spring and summer camps Tigligarvik and Akulivik, as well as in the community of Kangiqsujuaq (Maricourt – Wakeham) between 1961 and 1966
Editing done with help from Marie-Pierre Gadoua and Ralitsa Doncheva (technique), from four movies never edited before.
