Zacharias Kunuk Movies

  • 1970
    Avaja

    Avaja

    Avaja

    01970HD

    Inuaraq's family finally arrives at Avaja to a warm welcome. Yet, many changes have taken place. On the hill above the tents, they now find a wooden...

    Avaja
  • 1970
    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    01970HD

    In Qimuksik (Dog Team) one family travels in the immense and beautiful arctic during spring. Inuaraq teaches his young son how to survive in the old...

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)
  • 2004
    Kunuk Family Reunion

    Kunuk Family Reunion

    Kunuk Family Reunion

    02004HD

    In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the...

    Kunuk Family Reunion
  • 1991
    Going Inland

    Going Inland

    Going Inland

    01991HD

    For the Igloolik Inuit, summer is the time of Nunaqpa, 'going inland,' that is, hunting for caribou to get sufficient meat provisions for the cold...

    Going Inland
  • 1970
    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    01970HD

    Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the...

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
  • 2025
    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    02025HD

    Through interviews with Inuit across Nunavut, and documentation of a three-year community hearing process during the COVID pandemic, award-winning...

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
  • 1991
    Messages from the Past

    Messages from the Past

    Messages from the Past

    01991HD

    In 1991, Igloolik Isuma Productions gathered 13 Igloolik elders for a week of discussion, to choose and then record 24 traditional ajaja songs...

    Messages from the Past
  • 1988
    Gathering Place

    Gathering Place

    Gathering Place

    01988HD

    Four Inuit families build a qaggiq, a large communal igloo, to mark the approach of spring with singing and games. A young man woos a girl but her...

    Gathering Place