The showing took place at the "United we Stand: An Event to Celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racism" at Memorial University, St. John's campus.
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Southern Labrador Road Show
A film by Rhonda Buckley
Southern Labrador Road Show is a documentary film on the Inuit/Metis of Southern Labrador that combines the multi-disciplinary research of the CURA research team and their collaboration with the local communities who are rediscovering their Inuit Heritage.
The film follows a team of 8 academics from the CURA project as they travel through the communities of Pinsent's Arm, Mary's Harbour, Port Hope Simpson, Charlottetown, Cartwright and St. Lewis. It features children in grades 3-6 and individual interviews with High School students from Henry Gordon Academy in Cartwright as well as Memorial University students from Labrador. The film also includes dramatic re-enactments of Inuit- Metis and their lifestyle from many years ago.
Produced by Dr. Lisa Rankin and Rhonda Buckley
SSHRC/Community University Research Alliance
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A major goal of the CURA project is to make research accessible to the local communities that the Inuit-Metis can use and share for education about their history and heritage. The film is a great educational tool that allows the researchers and the community to share the collaborative results of the project in an engaging way.
DVD's of the film are available for those who are interested. For more information please contact the CURA office at: lmhp@mun.ca.
Chronicling the story of the Inuit/Metis of Southern Labrador, the docudrama was shown at the Lawrence O'Brien Arts Centre in Happy Valley, Goose Bay on Saturday Feb. 9.
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A docudrama chronicling the story of the Inuit/Metis of Southern Labrador. There will be a free public viewing of The People of NunatuKavut at the Lawrence O'Brien Arts Centre in Happy Valley, Goose Bay on Saturday Feb. 9 at 2pm. A reception will follow. Also view a pdf version of the poster advertising the free public viewing. Please feel free to print and post in appropriate locations.
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During the summer of 2010 artist/author Paul Morin visited the archaeology site at Indian Harbour on Huntington Island in Labrador and documented that season's activities. Witness the drama of this remote location and the dedication of the archeologists as they uncover dwellings and the artifacts they hold.
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The People of NunatuKavut is the working title of an upcoming movie telling the story of the Labrador Metis. Mixing modern filmmaking and historical re-enactments with the latest archaeological and historical research, this movie narrates the history of NunatuKavut. The folowing video is a trailer for the movie.
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The People of NunatuKavut is the working title of a movie that will tell the story of the Labrador Metis. Mixing modern filmmaking and historical re-enactments with the latest archaeological and historical research, this movie narrates the history of NunatuKavut.
The movie was produced by the combined efforts of academic researchers, local actors and filmmakers. Funding for this project was obtained by Dr. Lisa Rankin, along with Dr. Mario Blaser and Mr. Derek Norman through a SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) Outreach Grant. The People of NunatuKavut allows these researchers to present and circulate their research results in a new and engaging way.
The slideshow below were taken during the historical re-enactments filmed on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in April 2011, and the winter images were taken while filming in and around Cartwright in February of 2011. Many thanks to Eliza Brandy, who took all of the photos shown here. Thanks also to Rhonda Buckley, producer of the re-enactments and the cast and crew.
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The Winter Dwellers is a documentary film about archaeological fieldwork conducted on North Island at the mouth of St. Michael's Bay, Labrador, by Dr. Marianne Stopp (Parks Canada) and her crew in the summer of 2010 as part of the CURA project. The excavation focuses on an unusually well-preserved Inuit sod-house dating to the late 17th - mid 18th century. Research goals include developing our understanding of Inuit settlement of southern Labrador and Inuit-European interactions.
A key component of the work is community involvement and collaboration, an example of which can be seen in the inspiration, making, and posting of this film. The film, produced by Chelsee Arbour (PhD Student, Department of Archaeology, Memorial University), documents the excavation and the history of the Inuit who inhabited the sod-house. At the same time, it also offers a vignette of the crew who have come together in this relatively isolated fieldwork situation, and how their presence adds a chapter to the settlement of North Island.
In the picture below, from left to right, is Kara Wolfe (crew chief), Laure-June Zinck, Chelsee Arbour (back), Edward Cadwell (back), Art Luther (back), Eva Luther (front), Rodney Turnbull, Thomas McKenna, and Dr. Marianne Stopp (Director).
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In February, 2011 Lisa Rankin, Mario Blaser, Derek Norman and Eliza Brandy went to the Indian Harbour site by skidoo to shoot scenes for The Making of The People of NunatuKavut.
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