Three Thousand

In this short film, Inuk artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recasts the present, past, and future of Inuit in a radiant new light.

Diving into the NFB’s vast archive, they parse the complicated cinematic representation of Inuit, harvesting fleeting truths and fortuitous accidents from a range of sources—newsreels, propaganda, ethnographic docs, and work by Indigenous filmmakers. Embedding historic footage into original animation, they conjure up a vision of hope and beautiful possibility.

2017 - 14 minutes

Directed by asinnajaq

Produced by Kat Baulu

watch Three Thousand on the National Film Board of Canada’s website