The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

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The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

DIRECTED BYZacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn112mins2006

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.

Other films by Zacharias Kunuk

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Wrong Husband
The Shaman's Apprentice

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