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Piksuk Media Update
On
February 29th
the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN)
aired
the first of six weekly parts of Piksuk Media's documentary Nunavut
Quest: Race Across Baffin. The debut was well covered in the Canadian media and in a
February 29th article in The Globe and Mail, episode
one, "Into the Wild" was included as one of "Five
shows worth watching tonight".
As
an accompaniment
to the six-part documentary, the Nunavut Quest website brings
visitors into the
world of Inuit Dog culture and the contemporary context of the
annual Nunavut
Quest race. There are sections on Inuit history, the Inuit Dog,
and an in-depth
knowledge base that will equip visitors to become "real" mushers
(or
at least adept players) in the challenging video game
that simulates what Inuit and their dogs confront in the Arctic
wilderness.
There
is also a
forum which everyone is encouraged to join to ask questions and
get answers,
become connected to the North and travel by qamutiit (sledges)
pulled by
traditional Inuit Dogs in fan hitch formation!
The
documentary
premiered in English. The Inuktitut version will likely be on
schedule for
APTN's Fall season.
Those not lucky enough to have been able to tune in to APTN can see episode trailers at the Nunavut Quest website. The Nunavut Quest documentary on DVD will be available to purchase after the entire series has been aired.