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Throat Singing in Kangirsuk
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Wikipedia article
'Throat Singing in Kangirsuk' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland and released in 2019.Jackie McKay, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/throat-singing-sundance-film-festival-1.4983632 "'It's a huge thing': Film starring 2 Nunavik teens screening at Sundance Film Festival"]. CBC North, January 18, 2019. The film depicts Kaukai and Chamberland, two Inuit teenagers from Kangirsuk, Quebec, performing Inuit throat singing over scenes of the changing seasonal landscape in the community.
The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.Lauren Malyk, [http://playbackonline.ca/2018/12/04/five-canadian-shorts-headed-to-sundance/ "Five Canadian shorts headed to Sundance"]. 'Playback', December 4, 2018. Following the screening, the duo performed a live demonstration of throat singing, their first time ever performing music outside their own community.T'cha Dunlevy, [https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/dunlevy-throat-singing-nunavik-teens-are-stars-of-sundance "Dunlevy: Throat-singing Nunavik teens are stars of Sundance"]. 'Montreal Gazette', January 31, 2019.
Reception
Writing for 'Film Threat', Lorry Kikta praised the film as "a breathtaking visual tour that somehow shows us the entire spirit of the people in only a little over three minutes. Its very effective and impressive, considering that the creative forces behind it are teenagers."Lorry Kikta, [https://filmthreat.com/reviews/throat-singing-in-kangirsuk/ "Throat Singing in Kangirsuk"]. 'Film Threat', January 30, 2019.
In December 2019, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-top-10-canadian-films-2019/ "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019"]. 'Now', December 11, 2019.
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