Canadian Photographer Lives as an Eskimo (newsreel)
Director:
unknown
Production Date:
1955
Run Time:
0:0:49
"To the Arctic village of and the land of Eskimo huskies, comes the Canadian cameraman, Doug Wilkinson. Living with an Eskimo family, he joins the everyday chores, like chopping frozen seal meat for the dog teams and learns the difficult native language. Sharing the better and primitive existence of the Arctic for fourteen months, cameraman Wilkinson records an authentic film study of life in the frozen and forgotten Far North.”
Named locations: [Baffin Bay, Canada]
Major themes covered: Canadian photographer Douglas Wilkinson lives for 14 months with Eskimos in Canada
Native language spoken: Wilkison's Inuit name was Qimmiq.
Noteworthy elements: Montage of Wilkinson's time in the Canadian Arctic, with newsreel voiceover.
Other notes: Title Slide: "Canadian Lives As An Eskimo"; http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/136 identified http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/136 as 1955 newsreel
Doug Wilkinson’s 2008 obituary:
http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/2008/803/80328/news/nunavut/80328_1055.html
--Ying-wen Yu, 2012
See also:
Wilkinson, Douglas. Land of the Long Day. London : G.G. Harrap, in association with Clarke, Irwin, Toronto, 1956. [Account of a year spent on Baffin Island as a member of an Eskimo family.]
How to Build an Igloo, 1949. [Wilkinson-directed film of Inuit building practices]
--Jennifer Jenkins, 2012