Lucy Tulugarjuk
Lucy Tulugarjuk | |
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| Born | February 28, 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress Throat singer Director |
Lucy Tulugarjuk (born February 28, 1975) is an Inuit actress and throat singer.[1] She is from Igloolik, Nunavut[2] and is known for starring in the 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner,[3] for which she won the award for Best Actress at the American Indian Film Festival.[4] In 2015, she acted in the film Maliglutit.[5] In 2017 she directed her first feature length film Tia and Piujiq ᑏᐊ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ.[6][7] Tia and Piujiq was produced by Marie-Hélèn Cousineau.
She performs as a throat singer, but in 2014 declined to perform for Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq in protest of the government's seismic testing.[3] That year, she wore seal skin at the Gone Wild show in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories to support Inuit culture.[8] In 2016, she also called for the resignation of Aglukkaq's successor as MP, Hunter Tootoo.[2]
References
- ^ "Lucy Tulugarjuk".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Zerehi, Sima Sahar (8 September 2016). "'Hunter Tootoo Resign!' petition wants to force Nunavut MP's hand". CBC News. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b Rohner, Thomas (8 August 2014). "Nunavut throat-singer Lucy Tulugarjuk refuses to perform for MP Leona Algukkaq". The Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "OSU to host conference on Native American Language". Oregon State University. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Gregoire, Lisa (17 March 2015). "Veteran Nunavut filmmakers shooting next feature production". The Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Tia and Pijiuq".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tia and Piujuq".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Fort Smith, N.W.T. puts fur fashion on the runway". CBC News. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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