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Zacharias Kunuk

My Canadian name is Zacharias Kunuk, I have five Inuit atiit. As a child, I had to wear number E356 on a leather disk around my neck, Inuit names being too confusing for government to handle. I moved from land at age 9 to go to school in Igloolik, finished grade 8. First video camera 1981; Isuma partners work together 1985; first drama Qaggiq 1988; Atanarjuat wins Cannes 2001; start Isuma Distribution 2004, IsumaTV 2008, Digital Indigenous Democracy network in 12 communities by 2016.

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