Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend

Directed by Co Hoedeman · Starring Mina Mathews, Akinisie Novalinga · 1977

Animated Inuit prints retell a Povungnituk legend about a cruel mother, her son and the sea.

Inuit artists' prints come to life in a striking cut-out retelling of a traditional legend.

Lumaaq tells the story of a legend widely believed by the Povungnituk Inuit. The artist's drawings are transferred to paper, cut out, and animated under the camera. The result is Inuit prints in action. Dialogue, music a

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