About 150 inhabitants of Cape Dorset came out to the community centre last night (November 20) for a screening of “Kinngait: Riding Light Into The World”. Director Annette Mangaard and I were apprehensive as this would be our toughest audience. After all, the film is about them and their cooperative! Luckily, I was able to find an adapter that allowed me to plug the audio from the computer into a guitar amp so we could have sound to accompany the film. Everything went off without hitch. There was a mixed crowd that included elders, artists from the Kinngait Studio, teens, toddlers, and even some weather stranded doctors. Apart from the younger kids running around there was attentive silence from the audience as the film played. At the end there was a really nice applause. No Q&A but there was a lot of shaking of hands as people left the hall. People really liked the film! It was really important for us to be here to present the film in the community. Now it really feels the film is launched and will begin to have a life on its own.
Written by David
It is 7:14 p.m. on Sunday, November 14 and Colette Urban is in Lisbon to perform “Hoot” in advance of the screening of “Pretend Not To See Me” at Festival Temps D’Image : Films Sobre Arte Portugal. This same week “Pretend Not To See Me” screened at the Globians Doc Fest in Stuttgart.
On Saturday, November 6 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Site Media’s production “Kinngait: Riding Light Into The World” had its Toronto premiere in the sold out Jackman Hall theatre. It was a thrilling experience to have such an enthusiastic audience. We were delighted that Terry Ryan, Leslie Boyd Ryan, Itee Pootoogook, Pat Feheley, Gerald McMaster, all of whom appear in the film were able to attend. The film will be screened at the Royal Cinema in Toronto on Tuesday, November 16 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, November 21 at 8, the film will have its world television premiere on Bravo! A special night and a special thanks to everyone!
Katherine Knight was part of the Canadian delegation at DOCFEST in Sheffield, England, which took place the first week of November. It was a busy week of panels, meetings and introductions.
Written by David