"Fast Runner" Film Showing with discussion hosted by Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Peter Roe
The Arctic, considered the most inhospitable culture-geographic area for human habitation, is the home of the Yupik (Alaska) and Inuit (Canada-to-Greenland) “Eskimo” cultures, some of the last hunting cultures in the world. The Arctic is now imperiled by Global Warming, with its charismatic fauna such as the polar bear, caribou, bowhead whales, seals and walruses in danger of extinction due to the dramatic decrease in the polar ice cap, their preferred habitat. As these are the traditional prey of the Yupik and Inuit peoples, their very subsistence and way of life is also in danger. As world temperatures rise due to human fossil-fuel addiction and the Greenhouse Effect of carbon emissions, the permafrost (the frozen soil underlying the tundra) is melting, releasing its vast quantity of trapped nitrogen, methane and carbon dioxide into the air, yet furthering Global Warming. Simultaneously, the rising sea level due to the melting ice sheets is causing increased coastal erosion where the Yupik and Inuit have the majority of their settlements, forcing them to abandon ancestral homes and move inland.
Two films dramatize the legacy and culture of these uniquely ingenious and tenacious cultures. Join us for ”Nanook of the North,” a famous partly reenacted overview of the traditional lifeways of the Inuit and one of the first feature-length anthropological classics on Monday, April 18. On Wednesday, April 20, we'll view “The Fast Runner,” a recent critically-acclaimed feature-length film featuring Inuit actors, described as “a thrilling, passionate story exploring the universal themes of love, revenge, and survival.” Join Dr. Peter G. Roe, professor, for one or both films and guided conversation.
Presented by the Department of Anthropology.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, Room 100
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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