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
  • 1999
    Nipi (Voice)

    Nipi (Voice)

    Nipi (Voice)

    01999HD

    From the Unikaatuatiit (Story Tellers) Series. A film by Isuma Productions.

    Nipi (Voice)
  • 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
  • 1998
    Bowhead!

    Bowhead!

    Bowhead!

    01998HD

    In 1994 one of Canada’s most respected Inuit elders -95 year old Noah Piugatuk – announced that he wanted to taste the bowhead whale one...

    Bowhead!
  • 1985
    From Inuk Point of View

    From Inuk Point of View

    From Inuk Point of View

    01985HD

    In 1985, Zacharias Kunuk broke the race barrier at Canada Council for the Arts when his Inuktitut-language video, From Inuk Point of View, was the...

    From Inuk Point of View
  • 2003
    Shaman Stories

    Shaman Stories

    Shaman Stories

    02003HD

    Inuit memories and experiences of shamanism, and oral histories about the last shamans practicing in the region of Igloolik, Nunavut. Interviewees...

    Shaman Stories
  • 2009
    Exile

    Exile

    Exile

    02009HD

    Zacharias Kunuk tackles the subject of the High Arctic Relocation from an Inuit point of view in the documentary Exile. In 1953, Inuit families were...

    Exile
  • 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
  • 2000
    My First Polar Bear

    My First Polar Bear

    My First Polar Bear

    02000HD

    An 11-year-old is taught by his grandfather to capture his first polar bear.

    My First Polar Bear
  • 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
  • 2011
    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    02011HD

    Filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond join forces on a journey to the remote site where their ancestors once clashed to celebrate 200 years of...

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation
  • 2019
    Silakut

    Silakut

    Silakut

    02019HD

    In a feature documentary, Silakut, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed...

    Silakut