Starting Fire with Gunpowder

199156 min 56 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: David PoiseyWilliam Hansen

Production: William HansenJames CullinghamPeter RaymontKent Martin

Script: William Hansen

Produced by Tamarack Productions with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Canadian Studies Directorate of the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Teck Corporation, Rogers Telefund; in association with the NFB and TVOntario; in collaboration with TV5; with assistance from Access Network and Vision TV.

This title is an acquisition.

The Inuit have ingeniously turned television into an instrument for preserving their language, values and traditions, and a voice with which to address their social and political concerns. This film chronicles the origins and achievements of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, a model for aboriginal broadcasters the world over.

Subject categories

  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > CultureIndigenous IssuesMedia and Communication
  • Media and Communication > Social IssuesTelevision Broadcasting and Production

Credits

director
David Poisey
William Hansen
producer
William Hansen
James Cullingham
Peter Raymont
Kent Martin
executive producer
Peter Raymont
script
William Hansen
cinematography
Mosesee Kiponik
Zoe Dirse
sound
Glenn Hodgins
Justine Pimlott
editing
Hedy Dab
sound editing
Wojtek Klis
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Shelley Craig
narrator
Ann Meekitjuk Hanson