Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny (2007)

Original title

Qallunaat!

Directed by

Mark Sandiford

Genre

documentary, tv movie, comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

52 min

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary turns the tables on White Canadians by studying them the way anthropologists have studied Inuit people. It uses humor to point out how outsiders have been treated by Canadian society.

satiricalhumorousthought-provokingplayfuleducationalunsettlingironic

What happens

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny is a 2006 satirical documentary film directed by Mark Sandiford and Zebedee Nungak. The documentary-style film reverses the roles between White Canadians and the Inuit of Northern Canada, highlighting the nature of the treatment of the Inuit by White Canadian society. Featuring the Qallunaat Studies Institute (QSI) and its Qallunologists, who study Qallunaat (White Canadians) in often humorous ways, the institution satirizes historical treatment of the Inuit by social scientists. A special feature featuring the QSI holding a conference in the Inuktitut language is paired with the film titled Qallunaanik Piusiqsiuriniq. The film won the 2007 Yorkton Film Award's Golden Sheaf Award for Best Indigenous Production, as well as the 2008 Gemini Award's Canada Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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