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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Harstad Kino
Kr 110-
Engelsk teksting
I denne prisvinnende dokumentaren ser Alethea fra Canada på seljakt, en viktig del av Innuit livet, og som lenge har vært kontroversielt. En ny generasjon av Innuiter er, med sosiale media og sin egen form for humor og rettferdighet, klare for å utfordre anti-selkampanjene, ved å bringe sine egen stemmer inn i debatten. Filmskaper Alethea Arnaquq-Baril slår seg sammen med Inuit aktivister som utfordrer utdaterte oppfatninger av Innuitene og presenterer seg selv som moderne mennesker, som er i akutt behov for en bærekraftig økonomi for å overleve. Filmen presenteres av Andreas Hoffmann i Arctic Culture Lab. Den er del av årets fokus på Arktiske kvinner i film og bevegelige bilder.
Regi og produsent: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril År: Canada 2016 Språk: Inuktitut Spilletid: 82 min
Om «Arktiske kvinner i film og bevegelige bilder»
Filmprogrammer med tekst i årets trykte program av professor og filmviter Anna Stenport og Scott McKenzie, om arktiske kvinner i film og bevegelige bilder fra Norge, Sverige, Finland, Grønland og Island. Stenport er ekspert på arktisk og nordisk film- og medievitenskap, og har publisert mye om disse temaene i tidsskrifter. Hennes bøker inkluderer den banebrytende Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic (Edinburgh UP, 2015; co-ed m / Scott MacKenzie), den første omfattende undersøkelse av filmproduksjon i det globale sirkumpolare nord fra 1896 til i dag. Hun arbeider for tiden med “Arctic Women Film Pioneers” (w/ Mariah Larsson), som vi ser på av spesiell interesse i denne sammenheng. Ved å invitere kvinnelige kunstnere og filmskapere med sterk stemmer og uttrykk fra ulike generasjoner, land og ståsteder, og med ulike arbeidsmetoder og tilnærming til filmmediet, søker vi å bidra til en sterkere bevissthet omkring kvinnelig representasjon og perspektiv i arktisk og nordisk film, gjennom historien og i dag. På den måten søker vi å bidra til det felles prosjektet som foregår i de nordiske landene i dag, å omskrive filmhistorien for nordisk film.
Information in english
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Venue: Harstad Kino
Kr 110-
English subtitles
Seal hunting, a critical part of Inuit life, has been controversial for a long time. Now, a new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, are challenging the anti-sealing groups and bringing their own voices into the conversation. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins her fellow Inuit activists as they challenge outdated perceptions of Inuit and present themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
Seal meat is a staple food for Inuit, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraordinary cost of hunting. Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment. They are pushing for a sustainable way to take part in the global economy, but in opposition stands an army of well-funded activists and well-meaning celebrities. Arnaquq-Baril and her cameras travel through the Canadian Arctic, giving voice to 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. She follows a group of students to Europe, where they plead the Inuit case before a European Union panel. The film interweaves the reality of Inuit life with the story of their challenge to both the anti-sealing industry and those nations that mine resources on Inuit lands while simultaneously destroying the main sustainable economy available to the people who live there. As one student said, “We need to stop the cultural prejudice that is imposed on us by not being allowed to benefit from our natural surroundings without having to drill into the ground. And that’s really all we want as a people.”
Om Arctic Culture Lab (engelsk)
In this stunning land of contrasts the Arctic Culture Lab strives for a multidisciplinary platform for the increasing artistic interest in the North. Here, in the heart of the mystical Sami-land, where for hundreds of years the sea close to the coast line offered a risky livelihood and the transportation route on water guaranteed an agile trade and natural cultural exchange between East and West, a unique coastal culture was developed. However, short is the way from the tradition, which is perfectly documented in the local museums and the remnants of the former Russian trade village Steinvag to the latter-day challenges the Arctic has to face in times of global warming and industrialization. The Arctic Culture Lab takes this vulnerability of the traditional coast culture as an initial point for research, think tanks and invites to one-of-a kind art productions which try to reflect on Arctic topics through visits, residencies and exhibition projects.
About "Arctic women in film and moving images"
This year´s focus on arctic women in film and moving images, consists of several film programs and an academic text in this year's printed program by professor Anna Stenport and Scott McKenzie, about Arctic women in films and moving images from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland and Iceland. Stenport is an expert in arctic and nordic film and media studies, and has published a lot about these topics in journals. Her books include the groundbreaking Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic (Edinburgh UP, 2015; Co-Ed with Scott MacKenzie), the first comprehensive survey of film production in the global circumpolar north from 1896 to today. She is currently working on "Arctic Women Film Pioneers" (w / Mariah Larsson), which we consider of particular interest in this regard. By inviting female artists and filmmakers with strong personal voices and expressions from different generations, countries and points of view, and with different working methods and approaches to the film medium, we seek to contribute to a stronger awareness of female representation and perspective in Arctic and Nordic films throughout history and today. In this way, we seek to contribute to the important project that takes place in the Nordic countries right now, to rewrite the film history of Nordic film.