Underplayed Gems

Inuit (1940)

Inuit poster
Directed by
Jette Bang
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 16m
Elsewhere
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This 1940 Danish film records traditional Inuit life in Greenland in the late 1930s. It shows clothing, boats, tents and other cultural practices that soon disappeared. The journey starts with sheep farming in the south and travels up the west coast to the Thule district.

historicaleducationalobservationaldocumentaryserenepatientethnographicnostalgic

What happens

Inuit er en film instrueret af Jette Bang efter manuskript af Jette Bang. Inuit (grønlandsk for mennesker) er optaget 1938-39 og er enestående og vigtig af flere grunde. For det første er den som tidlig Kodachrome farvefilm i Grønland vigtig rent filmhistorisk. For det andet viser den gennem en række enestående optagelser en livsform (klædedragt, konebåd, skindtelt osv.), der få år efter var næsten forsvundet. Jette Bang kom så at sige i sidste øjeblik og gjorde det muligt for danskere og grønlændere at lære noget om Grønlands nyere kulturhistorie. Selv om skindteltet, konebåden, kvindernes hårtop osv. ikke anvendes mere, har den grønlandske fangerkultur stadig stor værdi i det nutidige Grønland. Filmen kan derfor også fortælle noget om den kulturelle baggrund for aktuel politik i Grønland. Filmen begynder med fåreavl i Sydgrønland og fortsætter op ad hele vestkysten for at slutte i Thuledistriktet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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