thursday feb 9
Family Portrait in Black and White
Peace Out
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
12:00pm — Firehall Film Talks: Family Portrait in Black and White and Peace Out Free lunchtime event at the Old Firehall, 1105 First Ave. Directors Julia Ivanova and Charles Wilkinson share clips from their respective documentary films and discuss the process behind making them. 45 minutes.
12:00pm — The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Nunavut, 2006, 112 min From the creators of Atanarjuat comes the first film to visualize the Christianization of Indigenous people from their own perspective. Set in and around Igloolik and based on the journals of 1920s Danish ethnographer Knud Rasmussen, the film tells the story of the last great Inuit Shaman and his headstrong daughter as they try to resist the changes encroaching upon their family and culture and make the choice between Shamanism and Christianity. In Inuktitut with English subtitles. Part of the ALFF anniversary presentation of The Fast Runner Trilogy - feature films by the Isuma Igloolik collective. Screening sponsor: Air North
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