• Director: Zacharias Kunuk
  • Release Year: 2001
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Language: Inuktitut

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Description

When personal ambition takes precedence over the collective good of the village, a curse is unleashed upon the residents, the results of which will be played out in the next generation when Atanarjuat wins the hand of the beautiful Atuat despite the fact she was originally promised to the camp leader, Oki, setting in motion a tale of revenge and betrayal that will ultimately either heal or destroy their entire village.

Themes

First Nations, Inuit, Igloolik, Arctic, Shamanism, Fables and folktales, Oral history, Morals and taboos, Cultural history, Aborigines, Film history, Tradition and culture, Indigenous peoples