Qallunajatut = Urban Inuk
- Publication/Creation:
- [Montréal, Canada] : Isuma Distribution International Inc., [2007?]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Qallunajatut = Urban Inuk / Kunuk Cohn Productions & Igloolik Isuma Productions present ; director, Jobie Weetaluktuk ; producer, Katarina Soukup ; writers, Jobie Weetaluktuk, Jayson Kunnuk ; produced by Kunuk Cohn Productions & Igloolik Isuma Productions
- Series Titles:
- Isuma Inuit classic collection: 1987-2007.
- Variant Titles:
- Urban Inuk
French title: Inuk urbain
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Weetaluktuk, Jobie
Soukup, Katarina
Kunnuk, Jayson
Beauchemin, François
Sarda, Marie-Christine
Laprise, Jean-Michel
Igloolik Isuma Productions
Kunuk Cohn Productions
Isuma Distribution International Inc, publisher
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Feature films - Subjects:
- Iglulingmuit--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Social conditions
Homeless persons--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Social conditions
Iglulingmuit--Cultural assimilation--Canada
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- Qallunajatut follows the lives of three Inuit in Montreal over the course of one hot and humid summer. We first encounter Jayson Kunnuk and his friend Charlie Adams, who are homeless and on the streets of Montreal. In this urban jungle, they meet Pitsulala Lyta, an Inuk Outreach Worker for the Native Friendship Centre. Originally from Iqaluit, Pitsulala came to Montreal at age 17 and lived many years on the street, but has turned her life around and is now dedicated to helping homeless Inuit get their bearings in the city. Through their stories, the film explores the urbanization of the Inuit psyche, as Inuit move further and further away from a direct connection to the land that has sustained their culture for thousands of years.
- Language:
- Inuktitut
English - Language Note:
- In Inuktitut and occasional English, with optional French and English subtitles.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD; NTSC; all regions; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
- General Note:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Some copies were issued in: Isuma Inuit classic collection: 1987-2007. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Featuring Jayson Kunnuk, Charlie Adams, Pitsiulala Lyta, Moatie Kunnuk, Abraham Ulayuruluk.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Executive producers, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn ; director of photography, François Beauchemin ; editors, Marie-Christine Sarda, Jean-Michel Laprise.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936611492302486
- OCLC Number:
- 921218136
- Barcode:
- 010003003299
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