Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (1964)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1964 (CA)
  • Documentary
  • 20m

Overview

This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset. This film was nominated for the 1963 Documentary Short Subject Oscar.

John Feeney

Director, Writer

Cast

Kenojuak Ashevak's headshot

Kenojuak Ashevak

Self
Alma Houston's headshot

Alma Houston

Narrator

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