This film shows the inspiration, often related to belief in the supernatural, behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit’s approach to the work is to release the image he sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp. Photographed at Cape Dorset, Boffin Island with Inuit stone carvers of Kingait and Kangiyak. Award winning documentary.
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ACMI Identifier
006349
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Arctic regions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Eskimos
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Eskimos - Legends
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Inuit - Canada, Northern - Social life and customs
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Canadian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Stone carving
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)