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The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Year
2006
Runtime
1h 52m
Release
2006
Language
iu
Country
DK · CA

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01 · Overview

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Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. It tells the story of the last great Inuit shaman and his beautiful and headstrong daughter; the shaman must decide whether to accept the Christian religion that is converting the Inuit across Greenland.

  • #shaman
  • #woman director
  • #inuit

  • Directed by

    Zacharias Kunuk & Norman Cohn

  • Written by

    Lucy Tulugarjuk

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