Aboriginal filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Pacific Centre. Agency:.Co-produced by Full Regalia Productions and the NFB. Study guide available.

Director, Annie Fraziér Henry ; producer, George Johnson.

Participation, Bradley Hunt.

Recorded 1997.

Traditional Northwestern Indigenous spiritual images combine with cutting-edge computer animation in this surreal story about the power of tradition. Three urban Indigenous teens are whisked away to an imaginary land by a magical raven. Here, the young people meet a totem pole whose characters (a raven, a frog and a bear) come to life, becoming their teachers, guides and friends--demonstrating their significance to Northwest First Nation cultures and allowing the teens to understand the strength of their own traditions. Featuring a special interview segment with J. Bradley Hunt, the celebrated Heiltsuk artist on whose work the computer-animated characters in Totem Talk are based.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Award - Category: Best Children's Film, 1998

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