Shaman
Directed by Echo Henoche · 2017
A ferocious polar bear menaces a community until an Inuk shaman turns it to stone. The legend was passed to the filmmaker by her grandmother in Nain, Labrador.
A short, striking animated retelling of a Labrador Inuit legend, passed down from grandmother to granddaughter.
This animated short tells the story of a ferocious polar bear turned to stone by an Inuk shaman. The tale is based on emerging filmmaker Echo Henoche's favourite legend, as told to her by her grandmother in her home comm
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