
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset. This film was nominated for the 1963 Documentary Short Subject Oscar.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- artist
- inuit
- art
- eskimo
- short film
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CanadaCA
- Theatrical1 Jan 1964
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Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak was released on 1 January 1964.
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CinemaSerf
2/11/2024
Though they are not so great for natural light, I've always thought just how much are suitable igloos are for living in than pitched-roofed wooden houses when the snow and the Arctic winds are at their liveliest. That's how we meet Kenojuak and her family. Sheltering from a storm and sharing the last of their seal meat hoping it abates and they can continue their journey to the settlement of Cape Dorset. It's there t…
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