"Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner": Culture, History, and Politics in Inuit Media
American Anthropologist, Dec. 2003, v. 105, no. 4, pp. 822-826
The author uses the popularity of the Zacharias Kunuk film Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner to examine Inuit-created media, with a specific focus on, arguably, the most active Inuit filmmaker Kunuk, and look at how the Inuit people's condition has changed with greater access to video technology, as well as how their storytelling has conformed to this new medium.
ITEM 2003.158 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner – Zacharias Kunuk
Nanook of the North – Robert Flaherty
From Inuk Point of View – Zacharias Kunuk
Nunavut – Zacharias Kunuk
Unikaatuatiit – Zacharias Kunuk