NFB Collection
Magic in the Sky
198156 min 51 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Peter Raymont
Production: Arthur HammondPeter RaymontTed Riley
Script: Peter Raymont
Co-produced by the NFB and Investigative Productions Inc. in collaboration with the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada.
Magic in the Sky investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. The film also documents the establishment of the first Inuit-language television network, called Inukshuk, which began broadcasting to six Inuit communities in December, 1980, utilizing the Anik B communications satellite. The Inuit's efforts to create an indigenous television network mirrors the struggle of any culture trying to preserve its unique identity.
Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > CultureMedia and Communication
- Media and Communication > Television Broadcasting and Production
Credits
- director
- Peter Raymont
- script
- Peter Raymont
- producer
- Arthur Hammond
- Peter Raymont
- associate producer
- Ted Riley
- photography
- Ian Elkin
- Martin Duckworth
- sound
- Leon Johnson
- Aerlyn Weissman
- Claude Beaugrand
- Richard Nichol
- editing
- Michael Fuller
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- Anne Whiteside
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Michael Kane
Awards
- Special Award (Television)International Arctic Film Festival
- Red Ribbon Award - Category: Lifestyles and ProfilesItinerant - American Film and Video Festival