Zacharias Kunuk
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Zacharias Kunuk is a Canadian Inuk film writer, director and producer, best known for writing and directing the feature film _Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner_, the first indigenous film with all indigenous cast and entirely in Inuktitut.
Known for
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
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The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
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Searchers (2016)
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One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)
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Angiraq (—)
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What Belongs to Inuit (2009)
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Wrong Husband (2025)
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Sirmilik (2011)
Director
Shaman Stories (2003)
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The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
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Going Inland (1991)
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My First Polar Bear (2000)
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Gathering Place (1988)
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Bowhead! (1998)
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Avaja (—)
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Exile (2009)
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Messages from the Past (1991)
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Nipi (Voice) (1999)
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Fish Traps (1993)
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They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit (2025)
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Silakut (2019)
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The National Parks Project (2011)
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Qarmaq (Stone House) (—)
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Kunuk Family Reunion (2004)
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Qimuksik (Dog Team) (—)
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Inuit Cree Reconciliation (2011)
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Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks) (—)
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From Inuk Point of View (1985)
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Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010)
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