The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend

The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend

1975
7min

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 locked in an alien world of sights and sounds where human activity seems propulsed by primeval forces.

The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend

Storyline

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 locked in an alien world of sights and sounds where human activity seems propulsed by primeval forces.
    Released
    January 1975
    Runtime
    7min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Inuktitut
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