Intercultural Cinema and the (Re)envisioning of Law: Exploring Life, Death and Law in Atanarjuat and Before Tomorrow
Envisioning Legality, 2017
Routledge, 2017
ISSN 9781315648637
This chapter from Envisioning Legality introduces Inuit law and the ways that these laws are portrayed through Inuit cinema, focusing specifically on Zacharias Kunuk's Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner and Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu's Before Tomorrow. Understanding traditional Inuit justice principles changes the interpretations of these films. The author takes time to describe each of the relevant plot points and meaning in Before Tomorrow, demonstrating how this understanding changes interpretation.
ITEM 2017.039 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner – Zacharias Kunuk
Before Tomorrow – Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Before Tomorrow – Madeline Ivalu