More than three decades passed before an Inuk was able to make a feature film that showed a native perspective on the seal hunt. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s documentary Angry Inuk is that long-awaited
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Angry Inuk by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril asks, “How does a culture with an understated anger confront a group that is exactly the opposite?”
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"The basic purpose is for our people to have a voice. To be heard is the important thing, no matter what it is that we’re talking about," says Alanis Obomsawin.
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Tell me about yourself,” says an off-screen Alanis Obomsawin to Randy Horne, the subject of her short documentary Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man (1997). This type of inquiry is, of course, essential to any
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Reel Injun is a revelatory documentary about the history of the intricate relationship between Native people and the screen.
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