Atanarjuat : the fast runner / Igloolik Isuma Productions presents ; producers, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Paul Apak Angilirq ; directed by Zacharias Kunuk ; screenplay by Paul Apak Angilirq.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Kunuk, Zacharias, film director, film producer.
• Angilirq, Paul Apak, 1954-1998, film producer, screenwriter.
• Cohn, Norman, film producer, director of photography.
• Sarda, Marie-Christine, editor of moving image work.
• Crilly, Chris, composer (expression).
• Ungalaq, Natar, 1959- actor.
• Ivalu, Sylvia, actor.
• Arnatsiaq, Peter Henry, actor.
• Tulugarjuk, Lucy, actor.
• Qulitalik, Pauloosie, actor.
• Ivalu, Madeline, actor.
• Ipkarnak, Eugene, actor.
• Igloolik Isuma Productions, film production company.
• National Film Board of Canada, film production company.
• V Tape (Firm), publisher.

Language:

• English
• Inuktitut

Subjects (All):

• Inuit--Canada--Drama.
• Inuit--Canada--Folklore--Drama.
• Inuit--Canada--Social life and customs--Drama.
• Legends--Nunavut--Drama.
• Man-woman relationships--Drama.
• Man-woman relationships.
• Civilization.
• Wilderness survival.
• Legends.
• Inuit.
• Manners and customs.
• Arctic Regions.
• Nunavut.
• Canada.
• Wilderness survival--Drama.
• Arctic regions--Civilization--Drama.
• Inuit--Social life and customs.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Action and adventure films.
• Feature films.
• Fiction films.
• Motion pictures, Canadian.
• Folklore.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• polychrome

Other Title:

Fast runner

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : V tape, [2019]

Language Note:

In Inuktitut with subtitles in English.

System Details:

• DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
• digital
• optical
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video

Summary:

Canada's Arctic North at the dawn of the first millennium. Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of nomadic Inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit. Twenty years pass. Two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order: Amaqjuaq, the Strong One and Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to take revenege ... Can one escape the cycle of vengeance?

Participant:

Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Eugene Ipkarnak, Pakak Innuksuk.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Norman Cohn; editors, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Marie-Christine Sarda; music, Chris Crilly.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.

OCLC:

1099442039