Sharp focus on Zacharias Kunuk: Jerry White catches up with the Inuit director's latest genre-defying film. (Sharp Focus).(Brief Article)

From: New Internationalist | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: White, Jerry | Copyright information

Although he's sceptical about being viewed as a leader of any kind, it seems clear to me that Zacharias Kunuk's film Atanatjuat: The Fast Runner speaks to the fact that indigenous media now have the chance to take their rightful place at the table of world cinema. Based in Igloolik (in Canada's eastern Arctic), Kunuk has been well known in Canadian video-art circles for some while, having worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation and made a number of stunningly photographed tap...

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