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Kamik
198914 min 35 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Elise Swerhone
Production: Joe MacDonaldChes Yetman
Script: Bob Lower
Ulayok Kaviok is one of the last of a generation of Inuit, born and bred on the land, but her skills in making the sealskin boots called kamik may soon be lost in the cultural transformation overtaking her community. Ulayok and her family, like many Inuit today, strive to balance two very different worlds. Kamik offers a glimpse of those worlds and the thread one woman weaves between them.
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Subject categories
- Women > Arts, Crafts and PerformanceIndigenous Women
- Crafts > Clothing and CostumeInuit CraftsLeather, Wool and Fabrics
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > CraftsNorthwest Territories, Nunavut and YukonWomen
- Arts Education > Art
- Science > Environmental Science
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/Society
- Geography > Territory: Indigenous
Credits
- director
- Elise Swerhone
- producer
- Joe MacDonald
- executive producer
- Ches Yetman
- script
- Bob Lower
- camera
- Charles Konowal
- sound
- Leon Johnson
- editing
- Lara Mazur
- sound editing
- Gloria Thorsteinson
- re-recording
- Clive Perry
- narrator
- Bonnie Dickie
- music
- Randolph Peters
Awards
- Silver Apple Award - Category: Social Sciences / ElementaryNational Educational Media Network Competition