Review of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) by Louis C — 10 Jun 2007
This is up there amoung my all-time favourite decolonial films. The film is fabulous and was only made better by the behind-the-scenes documentary. In the film, it was a challenge to witness the trickling movement from Shamanism to Christianity without feeling some despair.
Why this is an important film is that it stands as testimony to how Christianity was not successful in taking the Innu out of the Inuit. At the end of the documentary, Zacharias Kunuk shares that in spite of this movement, the ancestors are still around, waiting to come back.
The collective effort in producing this film only strengths this statement. Despair, be gone. Hello healing, our old friend.
This review of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) was written by Louis C on 10 Jun 2007.
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen has generally received positive reviews.
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