Description:
By unravelling the complexities of their representation and experiences, Performance and Protest examines the participation of Inuit from Labrador in ethnological exhibits at the close of the 19th century.
Brief description: Nigel Markham received his MA in History from Memorial University in 2021. He has previously published in the Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies as well as several articles in Them Days Magazine.
Nigel has worked in the film and television industry in the Atlantic Region as a cinematographer, director and producer for over 40 year in both documentary and dramatic format. He has a background in television journalism as a result of his years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and has worked as cinematographer on numerous award winning documentary projects with the National Film Board of Canada including Pelts; Politics of the Fur Trade, The Okimah, Place of the Boss, Tommy: A Family Portrait, Passage and Drummer's Dream. He has had the opportunity of working on projects with many of the region's leading independent documentary directors and producers. He has also worked as Camera Operator on a number of TV series shot in Newfoundland including Republic of Doyle, Hudson and Rex and Nice People. He recently received the award for Best Atlantic Cinematographer for his work on the independent feature film Skeet. A resident of St. John's, Nigel is a long-time member of the Newfoundland Independent Filmmaker's Co-operative and past President of the Atlantic Studios Co-operative.Review Quotes: "This insightfully written, nicely illustrated, and exhaustively researched work should be read by anyone interested in the impacts of colonialism on Inuit and other Indigenous groups, or anyone working in a cross-cultural context, for it is more than an account of a group of Inuit who performed at the 1893 Chicago Exposition, it is also an important study of how ideological assumptions about race and ethnicity impact the way we relate to one another."
--Susan A. Kaplan, ARCTIC (3/1/2026 12:00:00 AM)