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The Living Stone
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The Living Stone
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This film shows the inspiration, often related to belief in the supernatural, behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit's approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.
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Title
The Living Stone
Call No
NFB
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Authors
Feeney, John
Daly, Tom
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subjects
Inuit--Canada--Sculpture.
Inuit--Canada--Art.
Baffin IslandKinngaitInuit carvingsNunavutSupernatural
Language
Inuktitut
Published
Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2021.
Publication Desc
1 streaming video (32 min., 31 sec.) : sound.
Series
0
Awards Note
Second Prize - Silver Cup of the Province of Genoa, 1960 Special Prize - Cup of the Minister of Tourism and Entertainment "for the best selection among foreign countries", 1960 Award of Merit - Category: General Information, 1959 Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Graphic Arts, 1960 Blue Ribbon Award, 1960 Diploma of Honour, 1959 Honourable Mention, 1959 Honourable Mention, 1959 Award - Category: Best Canadian-made Short Subject, 1959 CIDALC Medal of Honour, 1960 Mention, 1960 Silver Cup for the most popular film of the festival, 1967 Medal - Category: Ethnological, 1967 Ergo Prize of the Presidency of the Republic (Sèvres vase), 1969