Art Films and Video

Canada’s Visual History

National Film Board of Canada, 1997. (72 mins)
    “The images included in the collection are a unique assembly of archival photos, rare paintings and drawings, and original charts and maps.” (National Film Board of Canada)

The Living Stone

National Film Board of Canada, 1958, 32 min. 35 s
    From the Website: “This documentary shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.”

I Can Make Art...Like Andrew Qappik

National Film Board of Canada, By Jane Churchill, 2005, 11 min. 24 s
    From the Website: "This short documentary is a portrait of Andrew Qappik, a world-renowned Inuit printmaker from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Originally inspired by images in the comic books he read as a child, Andrew now finds his subjects in the stories, traditions and day-to-day events of his world.

Zacharias Kunuk 

From the Isuma TV website: "b. 1957, Kapuivik, near Igloolik) won the Camera d'Or at Cannes 2001 for Isuman's first feature, Atanarjuat The Fast Runner.  He is president of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first Inuit-owned, independent, production company, co-founded in 1990 with the late Paul Akpak, the last Pauloosie Qulitalik and Norman Cohn.

Pipemakers: The Story of Creating the Sacred Peace Pipes

From the website: Pipemakers: The Story of Creating the Sacred Peace Pipes DVD is a 38-minute award-winning documentary of the few remaining Native Americans who create the sacred stone Peace Pipes.