Norman Cohn

Most Popular Norman Cohn Trailers

Total trailers found: 15

Reel Injun Trailer (2010)

19 February 2010

The evolution of the depiction of the various Native American peoples in cinema, from the silent era to the present day: how their image on the screen has changed the way to understand their history and culture.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Trailer (2002)

01 February 2002

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power.

Going Inland Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

For the Igloolik Inuit, summer is the time of Nunaqpa, 'going inland,' that is, hunting for caribou to get sufficient meat provisions for the cold winter ahead.

Sport Slants #3 Trailer (1931)

01 December 1931

This short entry in Ted Husing's "Sport Slants" series covers fencing, track and field, and rowing. Vitaphone Release 1264.

Fish Traps Trailer (1993)

28 October 1993

As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter.

Searchers Trailer (2016)

12 September 2016

Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) returns with this Arctic epic inspired by the classic John Ford western of the same name, about a vengeful husband who sets off in pursuit of the violent men who kidnapped his wife and destroyed his home.

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk Trailer (2019)

11 May 2019

1961. In Kapuivik, an Inuit man named Noah Piugattuk and his compatriots are visited by a white man who says they have to move to a reservation.

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Trailer (2006)

11 March 2006

Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle.

Before Tomorrow Trailer (2008)

07 September 2008

Two isolated families meet for a summertime celebration. Food is abundant and the future seems bright, but Ningiuq, a wise old woman, sees her world as fragile and moves through it with a pervasive sense of dread.

Quartet for deafblind Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

Examines the lives of deaf and blind children in a special wing of an institution in Amhearst, Nova Scotia.

Shaman Stories Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Inuit memories and experiences of shamanism, and oral histories about the last shamans practicing in the region of Igloolik, Nunavut.

In my end is my beginning: Part One, Joseph Verge Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

In my end is my beginning: Part One, Joseph Verge, by Norman Cohn with Gillian Robinson. Springdale, Newfoundland.

Kunuk Family Reunion Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the ancestors who came before them: a wedding; a burial; messages from the past.

William Perry, Woodcutter Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Mr. Perry and his wife Agnes live on a small farm in rural Prince Edward Island. Four grown children and one grandchild still live at home.

My First Polar Bear Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

An 11-year-old is taught by his grandfather to capture his first polar bear.