253

Arte Útil archive nr:

253

Initiator:

Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirg, Pauloosie Qulitalik and Norman Cohn

Location:

Canada

Category:

pedagogical, economy, social

Users:

Inuit community, artists, filmmakers, people worldwide

Maintained by:

Zacharias Kunuk, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Norman Cohn

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

1988 - ongoing

Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirg, Pauloosie Qulitalik and Norman Cohn
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Isuma Productions

Description:

Igloolik Isuma Productions, Inc. is an Inuit independent production company, that produces film, documentaries, and TV-series, whose objective is to organize and empower community members through participation in a collective act of reflection and expression. For Inuit, cooperation has become a medium of production and survival. In 1991 Isuma has created the first Artic independent non-profit centre, called Tarriaksuk Video Centre.

Goals:

Isuma's mission is to produce independent community-based media – films, TV and Internet - to preserve and enhance Inuit culture and language and to tell
authentic Inuit stories to Inuit and non-Inuit audiences worldwide.

Beneficial Outcomes:

It creates jobs and economic development in Igloolik and Nunavut community.

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