The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend

An Inuit legend in which a hunter is pursued and carried off by a giant, explaining how a river and fog came to the land, told through throat singing.

An ancient Inuit legend told entirely through mesmerising throat singing.

This short film, in which a hunter is pursued, bound up and carried to a cave, tells the legend of a river, and of how fog came to the land. The story is enacted by Inuit using katadjak or throatsinging. The audience is

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