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The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

Overview

Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. It tells the story of the last great Inuit shaman and his beautiful and headstrong daughter; the shaman must decide whether to accept the Christian religion that is converting the Inuit across Greenland.

RATING

5.40

DIRECTORS

Norman Cohn

Zacharias Kunuk

Carol Kunnuk

COUNTRIES

Canada

Denmark

RELEASE DATE

2006

TIME