Director, Tamas Wormser ; script, Tamas Wormser ; producer, Kent Martin ; executive producer, Don Haig ; cinematography, Kent Nason ; sound, Diane Carrière ; editing, Denise Beaudoin ; sound editing, André Galbrand ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard, Jean-Pierre Joutel ; music, Erich Kory.

Narrator, Lynne Adams.

Recorded 1996.

There is nothing more intriguing than what is hidden behind the obvious. The human hand is a miracle which we completely take for granted. The work of our hands, in their eloquence, silence, restlessness, creativity and violence, have made human history and continue to shape the present and future. Faces of the Hand takes you on a visual journey through different cultures and range of human experiences and shows the many faces of our hands; working, communicating, creating art and music, expressing our sensuality, used as weapons for defense or aggression, and as instruments for healing and worship. This film is both poetry and anthropology, science and art, sacred and profane; an odyssey from cave art thirty millennia ago to robot hands controlled by computers.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Gold Apple Award, 1997

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).