QAGGIG (1989)
- Run Time: 58 min.
- Rating: Unrated
- Director: Zacharias Kunuk
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Plot Summary
In an Inuit camp in the 1930s, a group of families build a qaggig, a grand communal igloo. They’ve gathered together to celebrate the coming of spring. Games are played; there’s singing and drum dancing. When one of the young men asks an elder if he can marry his daughter, conflict ensues. This is Kunuk’s first major film and is full of humour and quirky personal touches. He went on to direct the award-winning Atanarjuat and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen. This delightful debut is a dramatic recreation that appears to be a documentary.
Screening with QAGGIG:
CLOUDBREAKER (2006) Director: Adam Garnet Jones. 15 minutes. A young boy runs away from home in a quest for spiritual enlightenment.
MOCCASIN FLATS(2002) Director: Randy Redroad. 24 minutes. A young man is conflicted about leaving the harsh native ghetto to attend university when his nemesis is released from jail, threatening the safety of his girlfriend and his family.
SMUDGE (2006) Director: Gail Maurice. 12 minutes. A group of Aboriginal women celebrate their rights to worship in the city their way.
Screening with QAGGIG:
CLOUDBREAKER (2006) Director: Adam Garnet Jones. 15 minutes. A young boy runs away from home in a quest for spiritual enlightenment.
MOCCASIN FLATS(2002) Director: Randy Redroad. 24 minutes. A young man is conflicted about leaving the harsh native ghetto to attend university when his nemesis is released from jail, threatening the safety of his girlfriend and his family.
SMUDGE (2006) Director: Gail Maurice. 12 minutes. A group of Aboriginal women celebrate their rights to worship in the city their way.
About the Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk is a Canadian Inuit director and producer, most notable for his film Atanarjuat, which was the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced completely in Inuktitut. His second feature, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, opened the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. He has also written and directed several short films, including Qaggig (Gathering Place), Nunaqpa (Going Inland) and Saputi (Fish Traps).
