February 2009
 Teacher,
writer, producer and filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk
(Inuit) has a worked in TV and radio broadcasting,
and independent film production. His first documentary film, Qallunajatu/Urban
Inuk, followed the lives of three Inuit men from the North
now living in Montreal It was screened in more than 20 venues
in Canada, Europe and the United States and won the Rigoberta
Menchu Grand Prize in the Community Category at the 2006 First
Peoples' Festival Film and Video Showcase in Montreal. Weetaluktuk
is an experienced teacher and student counseler, and makes presentations
about Inuit culture and language to public audiences. He is fluent
in both written and spoken Inuktitut, as well as English. Originally
from Inukjuak, a traditional Inuit village in northern Quebec,
Weetaluktuk lives in Montreal.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Jobie Weetaluktuk - courtesy of the filmmaker
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