Nunavut: Our Land
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| Nunavut: Our Land | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Created by | Zacharias Kunuk Norman Cohn |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Isuma |
| Original release | |
| Network | Knowledge Network TVOntario TFO |
| Release | 1994 – 1995 |
Nunavut: Our Land is a Canadian docudrama series, which aired in 1994 and 1995.[1] Created by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn through their Isuma studio to mark the 1993 passage of the Nunavut Act that authorized the creation of the territory of Nunavut,[2] the 13-episode series featured short films of contemporary Inuit recreating historical scenes of Inuit culture and society.[1]
The series was aired by Knowledge Network, TVOntario and TFO in the 1990s, but did not attract significant notice at the time.[3] It began to receive more widespread attention in the early 2000s following the breakout success of Kunuk's 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner,[3] including a screening in Germany as part of the Documenta11 art exhibition in 2002,[4] and a full national rebroadcast in Canada by Bravo in 2003.[3]
In 2004, the series was released on DVD by Vtape as part of Isuma's eight-disc Inuit Culture Kit box set,[5] which was later replaced by the expanded Inuit Classic Collection set in 2007.[6]
In 2017, it was included in Canada On Screen, a special screening series of significant film and video works from throughout the history of Canadian cinema, which was staged by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark Canada 150.[citation needed]
