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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Exploitant le pouvoir de persuasion du cinéma, la cinéaste inuk Alethea Arnaquq-Baril réalise des films primés sur la vie et la culture inuites, dont Lumaajuuq: The Blind Boy et Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos. Le documentaire de long métrage Inuk en colère qu’elle réalise en 2016, un vibrant plaidoyer en faveur de la chasse au phoque qui présente les points de vue des Inuit, a suscité l’intérêt du monde entier et recentré le débat, en plus de remporter les prix du public à Hot Docs et au festival TOP Ten du TIFF. « Du cinéma militant à son meilleur », clame Now Magazine, de Toronto. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril dirige Unikkaat Studios, sa propre compagnie de production, à Iqaluit, au Nunavut.
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Nunavut Animation Lab: LumaajuuqAlethea Arnaquq-Baril 2010 7 minThis animated short by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril tells a tragic and twisted story about the dangers of revenge. A cruel mother mistreats her son, feeding him dog meat and forcing him to sleep in the cold. A loon, who tells the boy that his mother blinded him, helps the child regain his eyesight. Then the boy seeks revenge, releasing his mother's lifeline as she harpoons a whale and watching her drown. Based on a portion of the epic Inuit legend "The Blind Boy and the Loon." -
Angry InukAlethea Arnaquq-Baril 2016 1 h 22 minIn her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
