Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak poster

Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

5.7(7)196420m1

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

John Feeney

Produced in

Canada

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Release dates

  • 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

    7/10

    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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