Living stone

Canada, 1958

Film
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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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Credits

director

John Feeney

producer

Tom Daly

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:31:09:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1958

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