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- ↑ Sonia Gunderson, "Arnait Video Productions: Women Telling Their Own Stories". Inuit Art Quarterly, June 20, 2023.
- ↑ Chris Knight, "Think back -waaay back; Movie preparation involved recreating long-ago customs". National Post , March 27, 2009.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "Review: ‘Bowhead Whale Hunting with My Ancestors’". Point of View , October 18, 2017.
- ↑ Regan Reid, "Belcourt, Jackson’s Indictment wins at imagineNATIVE". Playback , October 23, 2017.
- ↑ Gary Pearson, "A Story in Three Parts". Border Crossings , May 2022.
- ↑ "Nunavut filmmaker documents life in lockdown in her Igloolik home". CBC North, November 15, 2021.
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- ↑ Christian Zilko, "American Fiction’ Wins People’s Choice Award at 2023 TIFF (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire , September 17, 2023.
