Kunuk's silent partner: Norman Cohn grew up in New York. Zacharias Kunuk spent his early childhood living the Inuit life of the land. But somehow, they are cinematic soulmates.
The Globe and Mail, Sept. 6, 2006
The newspaper article focuses on The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a film produced by Norman Cohn, a New York-born artist, and Zacharias Kunuk, who has lived his life in the traditional nomadic Inuit way with his family. “The film is set in the 1920s and describes the initial mutual curiosity and collaboration that flourished between whites and Inuit in that historical moment, and the synergy of their skills and ambitions.”
ITEM 2006.072 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen – Norman Cohn
Atanarjuat – Zacharias Kunuk
Michelle on the Day of Surgery – Norman Cohn
Children in hospital (1979-1980) – Norman Cohn
Norman Cohn
Quartet for Deafblind (1987)