One of the most important Native films of all time, "Atanarjuat,
the Fast Runner" tells a powerful and moving story about honor,
betrayal, vengeance, and redemption. Set in the vast, visually
stunning Arctic landscape, it was the first feature film written,
directed, and acted entirely in Inuktitut, the language of Canada's
Inuit people. Canada's top-grossing release of 2002, the film
became an international phenomenon, receiving the prestigious
Camera d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival and earning rave
reviews from every quarter, including Margaret Atwood ("like Homer
with a video camera"), Claude Levi-Strauss, Jacques Chirac, and
Roger Ebert. ""The Fast Runner"" "Filming the Legend of Atanarjuat"
takes readers behind the cameras, introducing them to the culture,
history, traditions, and people that made this movie extraordinary.
Michael Robert Evans explores how the epic film, perhaps the most
significant text ever produced by indigenous filmmakers, artfully
married the latest in video technology with the traditional
storytelling of the Inuit. Tracing "Atanarjuat" from inception
through production to reception, Evans shows how the filmmakers
managed this complex intercultural "marriage"; how Igloolik Isuma
Productions, the world's premier indigenous film company, works;
and how Inuit history and culture affected the film's production,
release, and worldwide response. His book is a unique, enlightening
introduction and analysis of a film that serves as a model of
autonomous media production for the more than 350 million
indigenous people around the world.
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