The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)

Directors

Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk

Cast

Jakob Cedergren, Madeline Ivalu, Natar Ungalaaq, Pierre Lebeau

The story

Set primarily in and around Igloolik in 1922, the film depicts the encounter between a group of Inuit in Arctic Canada led by one of the last shamans of the Canadian Inuit, Aua, and three Danish ethnographers and explorers, Knud Rasmussen, Therkel Mathiassen and Peter Freuchen during the latter's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. The shaman and his entourage must ultimately decide whether to join the ranks of another group of Inuit who have converted to Christianity.

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