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Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

Step inside the traditional printmaking process and see how drawings are transformed into finished works. This historic film also marks Kenojuak Ashevak’s important contribution as a pioneering artist.

Kenojuak Ashevak: Pioneering Inuit Printmaking

Kenojuak Ashevak: Pioneering Inuit Printmaking

This documentary shows how an Inuit artist’s drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset. This film was nominated for the 1963 Documentary Short Subject Oscar.

John Feeney, 1963 National Film Board

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