Engaging Community in/through Cinema : Inuit Representation in The Grizzlies and Slash/Back

Authors

POSPÍŠIL Tomáš

Year of publication 2025
Type Requested lectures
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description This presentation examines Inuit representation and community engagement through cinema, focusing on the films The Grizzlies (2018) and Slash/Back (2022). It situates both works within a longer history of Indigenous portrayals in film, from Flaherty’s Nanook of the North to contemporary Indigenous-led productions such as Atanarjuat and Reservation Dogs. The talk contrasts how the two films negotiate issues of authenticity, cultural voice, and colonial trauma.
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