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Nunavut filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk receives arts award

Nunavut Commissioner Eva Aariak presents filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk with the 2022 Nunavut Commissioner’s Arts Award on March 6. Kunuk, who previously has received both Order of Canada and Order of Nunavut honours, has a series of films to his credit. They include “Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)” — the first feature film to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut — and most recently “Angakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice.” (Photo by Wende Halonen)