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Book SynopsisExplores aspects of Igloolik Isuma Productions' filmmaking, including its cultural and political stances and its embrace of folklore and respect for ancestors. This book reveals how the producers combine their vision of Inuit wisdom and honour with the demands of filmmaking to create films that share Inuit culture with an international audience.
Trade Review"Isuma: Inuit Video Art should be required reading for anyone studying folklore and media and especially Indigenous media." Joanna Hearne, University of Missouri-Columbia "Capturing a pivotal moment in Inuit/Canadian/film history, Isuma: Inuit Video Art is one of the most accomplished books I have read in a long time. There is a richness in detail in both the interviews and the author's reflections on them ... Cleary, Evan "The author's presentation of valuable interview material with videographers in different groups with diverging goals and interests makes this work especially important." Marian Bredin, communications, popular culture and film, Brock University
Table of Contents1 Reflections in the Ice; 2 Igloolik Isuma; 3 Inuit Video as Folklore; 4 Isumas Artists; 5 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner; 6 Streams of Culture; 7 Video as Socio-Political Endeavour; 8 Netsilik and Nanook vs Nunavut; 9 Video in Politics; 10 Video as Community; 11 Light through the Ice
