The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

Infobox Film
name = The Journals of Knud Rasmussen


caption = DVD cover
director = Zacharias Kunuk
Norman Cohn
producer = Lucius Barre
Norman Cohn
Zacharias Kunuk
Elise Lund Larsen
Stephane Rituit
Vibeke Vogel
writer = Eugene Ipkarnak
Madeline Ivalu
Herve Paniaq
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Abraham Ulayuruluk
Louis Uttak
starring = Pakak Innuksuk
Leah Angutimarik
Jens Jørn Spottag
Neeve Irngaut
music = Richard Lavoie
cinematography = Norman Cohn
editing = Cathrine Ambus
Norman Cohn
Félix Lajeunesse
distributor = Alliance Atlantis
SF Film
released = March 11 2006 (Igloolik screening)
September 7, 2006 (Canada)
October 8 2006 (USA)
November 10 2006 (Denmark)
runtime = 112 min.
country = Canada
Denmark
language = Inuktitut
Danish
English
budget = $6,300,000 (estimated)
gross =
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imdb_id = 0478366

"The Journals of Knud Rasmussen" is a Canadian-Danish film about the pressures on the traditional Inuit culture when explorer Knud Rasmussen introduces European cultural influences. The film was directed by Zacharias Kunuk, who also directed the award-winning Inuit film "Atanarjuat", and Norman Cohn. It premiered on September 7, 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival, after pre-release screenings in Inuit communities in Canada and Greenland.

The cast includes Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Pakkak Innushuk, Natar Ungalaaq, Neeve Uttak, Pierre Lebeau, Therkel Mathiassen, Peter Freuchen, Kim Bodnia and Jens Jørn Spottag.

ynopsis

Set primarily in and around Igloolik in 1922, the film depicts the relationship between a group of Inuit in Arctic Canada and three Danish ethnographers and explorers, Knud Rasmussen, Therkel Mathiassen and Peter Freuchen during Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. It tells the story of the last great Inuit shaman and his beautiful and headstrong daughter; the shaman must decide whether to accept the Christian religion that is converting the Inuit across Greenland.

External links

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* [http://www.sila.nu/pub/swf/journal/en/ "The Journals of Knud Rasmussen"]
* [http://isuma.ca"Isuma - Production Studio of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen - based on Turtle Island "]
* [http://beforetomorrow.ca" Before Tomorrow - Upcoming Isuma Production "]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/acrossarcticamer006641mbp "Across Arctic America"] (1927), Knud Rasmussen's book which the film is based from.