Collection search - Kiviaq versus Canada

Record information – Brief

1

Kiviaq versus Canada

Item number (ISN):

382085

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2006

Item number (ISN):

382085

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

IGLOOLIK ISUMA PRODUCTIONS INC.

Accession:

2005-0303

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2006

Production company:

English version
Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.
Kunuk-Cohn Productions Inc.

Production credit:

director/script, Zacharias Kunuk; producer/script, Katarina Soukup; executive producer, Norman Cohn; photography, François Beauchemin; editing, Augustin Rioux; sound, Éric LeMoyne; Marcel Fraser; Mélanie Gauthier; Jamie Kidd; Philippe Scultety; sound editing, Jacques Comtois

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Isuma Distributing International

Description:

Show detail Hide detail

KIVIAQ VERSUS CANADA is a personal story of Kiviaq, Canada's first Inuit lawyer. It is also a political documentary about indigenous human rights, focusing on Canada's past colonialist policies in the Arctic, Canadian law, and the current status of Inuit in Canadian society. Director Zacharias Kunuk goes to Edmonton to meet Kiviaq, who is also a former Golden Gloves boxing champion, a city alderman, and the only Inuk ever to play on the Edmonton Eskimos CFL football team. Kiviaq talks about his personal experiences while growing up in a culture characterized by colonialist ideology, assimilationist practices, and racist/xenophobic attitudes. Now dying of cancer, the hearty fighter has entered the ring for, perhaps, the last time, engaging in what is probably his most significant battle. Kiviaq decided to sue the federal government with a claim demanding equal rights for Inuit people, who, according to him, are neither defined in law nor granted the same privileges as other aboriginal peoples of Canada. Kiviaq argues that this is something that Inuit people deserve and have a historical right to, but have never been lucky to have. Beside exposing the unequal treatment of Inuit in Canadian society, Kiviaq talks about the scandal of Nunavut, which, he argues, is more about the federal government's abdication of responsibility than Inuit self-determination. During the course of the film, through interviews and conversations, Kunuk develops friendship with Kiviaq, learning, in the process, new ways and strategies to take a stand for his own rights as an Inuk. In addition to interviews with Kiviaq, the film also features a number of conversations with people who help contextualize the documentary's subject matter within a larger cultural/historical/political framework. These social actors include Martha Taliruq, cousin of Kumanaq; Lucy Iyago, Kiviaq's sister-in-law; Dr. Frank Tester, Arctic Social Historian from University of British Columbia; John Amagoalik, "Father of Nunavut", Lew Phillips, first Inuk RCMP Officer; Pita Aatami, President of Makivik Corporation; Jose Kusugak, Past President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Jack Anawak, Ambassador of Circumpolar Affairs, Foreign Affairs Canada; Terence P. Glancy, Kiviaq's lawyer; Qajaaq Robinson, graduate from Akitsiraq Law Program; Paul Okalik, Premier of Nunavut. The documentary also features archival photographs, newspaper clips and film/video footage such as, for example, a television clip on the creation of Nunavut from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news with Peter Mansbridge, originally aired on December 12, 1991. <46mn 49s>

Language:

English / Inuktitut with English subtitles

Notes:

Show detail Hide detail

1. Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada (Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program) and the Canadian cable industry (CTF: Licence Fee Program); Government of Canada - The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund.~2. Produced with the participation of the Government of Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC; SODEC - Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, Québec.~3. Produced with the collaboration of History Television Canada; Nunavut Independent Television Network.

Detailed holdings information:

Show detail Hide detail

Vault ISN:

441361

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2007-08-0001

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

46:49

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

441362

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V8 2007-08-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

46:49

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

797142

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

382085.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2007-08-0001

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

797143

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

382085.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2007-08-0001

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Kunuk Cohn Productions Inc., 2006.~Copyright owner: Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc., 2006.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.

Report a problem on this page

Date modified:: 2024-05-10