This film is a dramatization of a traditional Ojibwa legend; it is told to a group of children from the Wandereing Spirit Survival School. As the story unfolds, the characters played by puppets assume increasingly human characteristics. The moral of the fable: do not make promises that cannot be kept.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014963
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Puppet films
Animation → Animated films - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Folklore - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of North America - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Legends - North America
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Childrens Films → Children's films - Canada
Childrens Films → Puppet films
History → Legends - North America
Literature → Folk literature, Canadian
Literature → Folklore - Canada
Literature → Legends - North America
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)