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| Twice Colonized | |
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| Directed by | Lin Alluna |
| Written by | Lin Alluna Aaju Peter |
| Produced by | Emile Hertling Péronard Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Stacey Aglok Macdonald Bob Moore |
| Starring | Aaju Peter |
| Cinematography | Lin Alluna David Bauer Glauco Bermudez Iris Ng |
| Edited by | Mark Bukdahl |
| Music by | Olivier Alary Johannes Malfatti Celina Kalluk |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Denmark Greenland |
| Languages | English Danish Greenlandic Inuktitut |
Twice Colonized is a documentary film, directed by Lin Alluna and released in 2023.[1] The film is a co-production of companies from Canada, Denmark and Greenland, and profiles Aaju Peter, an Inuk lawyer and activist who has lived in both Greenland and Nunavut, documenting both her activism for Inuit rights and her personal struggles.[2]
The film premiered in January 2023 at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.[3] It had its Danish premiere in March as the opening film of the 2023 CPH:DOX film festival,[4] and its Canadian premiere in April as the opening film of the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[5]
At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, the film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary,[6] and Alary and Malfatti were nominated for Best Original Music in a Documentary.[7]
The film was broadcast by CBC Television on September 13, 2023, as the season premiere of the documentary series The Passionate Eye.[8]
- ^ Guy Lodge, "'Twice Colonized' Review: An Indigenous Activist Defends Her People's Rights While Tending to Personal Wounds". Variety, April 27, 2023.
- ^ "The Inspiring 'Twice Colonized' Is Both Heartrending and Buoyant │ Exclaim!". The Inspiring 'Twice Colonized' Is Both Heartrending and Buoyant │ Exclaim!. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ John Fink, "Sundance Review: Twice Colonized is a Powerful, Illuminating Look at the Future of Indigenous Rights". The Film Stage, February 14, 2023.
- ^ Wendy Ide, "'Twice Colonized': CPH:DOX Review". Screen Daily, March 15, 2023.
- ^ Barry Hertz, "Hot Docs 2023: Festival opener Twice Colonized offers a deeply intimate, powerful portrait of an Indigenous hero". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 2023.
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