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La Légende de Glooscap

1996 8 min
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Dans cette interprétation animée d’une légende autochtone essentielle, découvrez l’histoire de Glooscap, ce grand esprit et habitant des forêts ayant sauvé son peuple d’un hiver glacial.

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La Légende de Glooscap

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À la fin du XIXe siècle, Silas Rand et Charles Leland ont transcrit les légendes entourant le géant mythique, Glooscap. On présente ici une interprétation animée de «La Légende de Glooscap», qui raconte comment cet habitant des forêts, vénéré par les Autochtones, a vaincu le géant hiver afin de permettre à l'été de s'installer dans le Nord.

  • drawing
    Françoise Hartmann
  • animation
    Françoise Hartmann
  • direction
    Françoise Hartmann
  • adaptation
    Eunice Macaulay
  • narration
    Jacques Languirand
  • music
    Keith Tedman
  • None
    Camille Laperrière
    Julian Olson
    Diane Le Floc'h
  • recording
    Michel Chalut
  • administration
    Ghislaine Mathieu
    Tamara Lynch
  • production
    Jacques Vallée
  • animation assistant
    Lise-Hélène Larin
    Françoise Barraud
  • animation camera
    Pierre Landry
    Raymond Dumas
  • sound mixer
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • associate producer
    Les Drew
  • delegate producer
    Eunice Macaulay
  • producer
    Douglas MacDonald

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Ages 6 to 18
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This short animation retells a Mi’kmaq teaching about the Great Spirit Glooscap’s battle with winter to bring summer to the North. This film could inspire research, discussions and projects related to a variety of topics. How have the oral teachings of Indigenous Peoples been shared throughout history? What role does storytelling play in Indigenous culture? How does the story connect with the worldview in relation to the natural world? Why is it important for Indigenous Peoples to tell their own stories and share cultural teachings and stories?

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