Critical Writing Index

Isuma.tv: Indigenous internet TV is extraordinary and free

by Michael Lithgow

Art Threat, Jan. 28, 2008

Isuma.tv, run by Igloolik Isuma Productions (Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen), VTape, ImagiNATIVE, and the Nunavut Independant TV Network, is an online community serving as a neutral distribution service for aboriginal entertainment. The site serves as an archive for recordings of traditions as well as supports new and independant artists in the aboriginal community at no cost. Currently, Isuma.tv is seeking submissions to preserve global indigenous filmmaking.

ITEM 2008.005 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Atanarjuat The Fast RunnerIgloolik Isuma Productions

Journals of Knud RasmussenIgloolik Isuma Productions