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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture. She ...

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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture. She produces Inuit cultural documentaries and Inuktitut-language films through her own production company, Unikaat Studios, and through Tajarniit Productions, a collaborative project with Inuit women filmmakers.

Arnaquq-Baril directed her first full-length film, Tunnit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos (2010), a personal documentary about her journey to explore the lost tradition of Inuit facial tattoos. Between 2011 and 2018, Arnaquq-Baril has worked on five other films in various roles as producer, director and screenwriter.

She was named by the Toronto International Film Festival as one of Canada's most important women filmmakers in 2017. Angry Inuk won the DOC Vanguard award, the Vimeo On Demand Audience Award and the Canadian Documentary Promotion Award, among others.

In 2017, Arnaquq-Baril was awarded Canada's Meritorious Service Cross, MSC, "in recognition of her work as an activist and filmmaker". She currently works part-time with the Qanak Collective, which supports Inuit empowerment projects

Join us Mon, Dec 6, at 6:30 PM EST for a conversation with Attorney Norita N. Mengu on the different...

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Join us Mon, Dec 6, at 6:30 PM EST for a conversation with Attorney Norita N. Mengu on the different legal entities and the steps necessary when forming a Limited Liability Company for your production company, agency, or creative career in New York.

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Member Spotlight: Introducing Tanis Parenteau @tanisparenteau, an actor & producer and a member ...

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Member Spotlight: Introducing Ise White @isewhite, a Director, Writer, and Producer. She has a ...

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Check out four fantastic films for this weeks #weekendwatchlist! And check out more films by ...

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Check out four fantastic films for this weeks #weekendwatchlist! And check out more films by #IndigenousFilmmakers all month long! What are you excited to see?

@DrunktownsFinest - Written & Directed by @SydneyFreeland
Three young Native Americans strive to escape the hardships of life on an Indian reservation.

#TheSecretHistoryOfTheWildWest - Created by Julian Black Antelope, with episodes directed by @GeorginaLightning, Berkley Brady, Braden Croft, Michael Peterson and Julian Black Antelope
This 13-part series unearths to shine a light on the legendary heroes and villains that shaped the Canadian West, and the mystical and metaphysical influences behind them.

ćəsna?əm: The City Before The City - Directed by @ElleMaijaTailfeathers
We live our lives on land that was never ceded or sold by those who were living here at "first contact" and yet we know precious little about the Lower Mainland before real estate.

#ClubNativeFilm - Written & Directed by @TraceyDeer
Tracey Deer reveals the divisive legacy of more than a hundred years of discriminatory and sexist government policy to expose the lingering "blood quantum" ideals, snobby attitudes and outright racism that threaten to destroy the fabric of her community.

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Together let’s acknowledge how far ...

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Thank you for being the best part of NYCWF!⁠
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Together let’s acknowledge how far we’ve come, celebrate our wins, and continue to support each other in the hope of what the new year can bring.⁠
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#thankful #grateful #celebrate

@GeorginaLightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. In 2007, she was ...

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@GeorginaLightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. In 2007, she was featured in Filmmaker Magazine as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. In 2010 she was the recipient of the "White House Project- Epic-Award for Emerging Artist".

n 2008, Lightning directed, wrote, and starred in the supernatural thriller film Older Than America, becoming the first North American Indigenous Woman to direct a major feature film. It went on to win over 23 awards, and was inspired by stories told to her by many of her family members and friends who attended the Indian Boarding schools.

She co-founded Tribal Alliance Productions, partnering with executive producer Audrey Martinez, as a means to create opportunities for Native American, First Nations, and other Indigenous filmmakers. A long time advocate of Native Indian advancement in the film industry, she also formed Native Media Network, a group dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Native Indian talent.

NYCWF Microgrant Winner & Member Spotlight: Introducing Apolla Echino @apollaechino, an ...

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