Stephen Puskas on Inuit Representation in Canadian Media

Name: Stephen Puskas on Inuit Representation in Canadian Media
Uploaded: 2018-02-22
Channel: Benjamin Aloi
Description: Inuk visual artist Stephen Puskas on the representation of Inuit people in Canadian media. In addition to his volunteer work with Montréal’s indigenous communities, Puskas is the director of Ukiuktaktumi (2016), a filmic response to Dominic Gagnon’s

By Benjamin Aloi On Feb 22, 2018

Inuk visual artist Stephen Puskas on the representation of Inuit people in Canadian media. In addition to his volunteer work with Montréal’s indigenous communities, Puskas is the director of Ukiuktaktumi (2016), a filmic response to Dominic Gagnon’s controversial YouTube documentary Of the North (2015), as well as a producer of Montréal’s only Inuit radio show. Listen to the full interview here.

Directed by Carlo Mole
Edited by Ben Aloi
Videography by Xiuyuan Zhu

Benjamin Aloi

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