Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Quotes

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture. She is the owner of Unikkaat Studios, a production company in Iqaluit, which produces Inuktitut films. She was awarded the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross, in 2017 in recognition of her work as an activist and filmmaker. She currently works part-time at the Qanak Collective, a social project which supports Inuit empowerment initiatives. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. May 1978
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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Quotes

“That was a life lesson to me. Because, yes it's important to take back those choices and be who we are un-apologetically, but we should always think of it in the modern context and what makes sense for our lives today, and to not be fundamentalist about anything.”

as an answer to using a modern tattoo technique on herself, as opposed to a more traditional technique

Q & A with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril - TUNNIIT: RETRACING THE LINES OF INUIT TATTOOS, Cinema Politica - 12 Jan 2017, at 10 Min 54 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1cXIe4IR7w

“I think a lot of my work is about un-shaming things or de-shaming things.”

Artist Talk with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Cinema Politica - 13 Jul 2016, at 3 Min 06 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8l9GI9coH4

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