The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

3/11/20061h 52min5.3/10(7 TMDB votes)

HistoryDrama

Directed by Norman Cohn

Plot

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. It tells the story of the last great Inuit shaman and his beautiful and headstrong daughter; the shaman must decide whether to accept the Christian religion that is converting the Inuit across Greenland.