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August
2004
 Born
in Kapuivik, Canada, Zach Kunuk (Inuit)
spent his childhood summers traveling and hunting with his family
and his winters going to school in Igoolik. In 1983 he started
working at the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, which is a regional
public broadcasting organization that produces original programming,
often in Inuktitut. In 1985 Kunuk began a collaboration with Norman
Cohn. In 1991 they founded Igoolik Isuma Productions with Paulossie
Qulitalik and Paul Apak. Isuma's first feature film, Atanarjuat/The
Fast Runner portrays a traditional Inuit epic myth, in the
Inuktitut language. The film won the Camera d'Or for Best First
Feature at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, and six Genie awards
in Canada, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kunuk.
In 2004, Kunuk won the first Sun Hill Award for Excellence in
Native American Filmmaking, a new annual honor from the Harvard
Film Archive.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Director Zacharias Kunuk - photograph courtesy of Norman Cohn;
Zach Kunuk - photograph by Claude Lacasse, Forum, University of
Montreal. December 2002
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