|
August 2008
 Swedish
documentary director and cinematographer Staffan
Julén has focused in his work on the Inughuit
people of the northernmost Thule district of Greenland, their
history and traditions, including the impact of the polar explorations
and military bases there. His 2006 film The Prize of the Pole
tells the story of Hivshu, the great-grandson of explorer Robert
Peary, as he attempts to uncover the fate of the small group of
Inuit people who were compelled to travel from their native Greenland
to New York as evidence of polar conquest. The film was named
Best Expedition Film at the 2008 Explorers Club Film Festival
and was featured during the Museum of Modern Art's 2008 "Documentary
Fortnight." In 1985 he produced and co-directed (with Ylva
Julén) Inughuit: People at the Navel of the Earth,
a beautifully filmed documentary about the stories, both traditional
and modern, of contemporary Inughuit, as they describe their experiences
of contact and recount their own ways.
Screened by NMAI
- The Prize
of the Pole (2006) director
- Inughuit: The People at the Navel of the Earth
(1985) executive producer and co-director
Image credit: Audience
at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival
- Photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI
|
 |
 |
|
|
