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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril MSC (born May 9, 1978) is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture. She is the owner of Unikkaat Studios, a production company in Iqaluit, which produces Inuktitut films. She was awarded the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross, in 2017 in recognition of her work as an activist and filmmaker. She ...
Feb 2, 2024 · Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an Inuit filmmaker who uses film to record, preserve and share Inuit oral traditions, knowledge, language and culture. Her films promote and advocate for Inuit ways of life and highlight issues that Inuit face.
Harnessing the persuasive power of cinema, Inuk filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril has crafted award-winning films about Inuit life and culture such as Lumaajuuq and Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos. Her 2016 feature documentary, Angry Inuk, a spirited defence of seal hunting from an Inuk perspective, has generated worldwide interest ...
Sep 12, 2017 · Alethea Aggiuq Arnaquq-Baril is an independent filmmaker based in Iqaluit, NU. Raised by a mother who was “passionate about preserving and promoting [Inuit] language and culture,” Arnaquq-Baril was influenced to work to be a voice for Inuit through her films [1].
Apr 9, 2021 · In December 2016, Arnaquq-Baril was honoured with the DOC Vanguard Award for her latest documentary, Angry Inuk. The activist film challenges perceptions of seal hunting and sheds light on its central role in Inuit culture and hope for global economic viability.
Sep 13, 2023 · In this Q&A, the team behind Twice Colonized discusses how they're working to decolonize documentary production. Featuring Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (producer), Stacey Aglok MacDonald (producer...
Dec 23, 2015 · Alethea Arnaquq-Baril discusses the documentary 'of the North', its controversial use of Inuit images, and the power of representation.
Jun 6, 2024 · Nunavut filmmakers Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and Stacey Aglok MacDonald are known for tackling difficult issues in their work about life in Inuit Nunangat, such as in The Grizzlies, Twice...
Jan 23, 2017 · Angry Inuk opens quietly with breathtaking views of still, dark blue water and gently floating ice caps in Kimmirut, Nunavut. We then meet filmmaker, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and watch her participate in a seal hunt: there is a small boat, three people, and one seal. Aside from the sounds of a whistle, a quiet shot, and boots crunching on snow ...
Sep 8, 2016 · Arnaquq-Baril and her cameras travel through the Canadian Arctic to hear from the people the animal activists rarely bother to meet—the hunters, the craftspeople, the families for whom the seal hunt is a critical part of their livelihood and survival―and follow a group of students to Europe where they plead the Inuit case before a European ...
