Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny (2007)
- Original title
- Qallunaat!
- Country
- Canada
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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