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Behind the Masks
197336 min 40 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Tom Shandel
Production: John TaylorPeter Jones
A fascinating look at the meaning behind some Indigenous masks from the North Pacific coast. Expositor and lecturer is Professor Claude Levi-Strauss of Paris, world-renowned anthropologist and authority on the structural analysis of myth. Speaking to university students, he explains the significant features of three particular masks and the stories associated with them. During his field trip he visits an Indigenous carver on Vancouver Island.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > British ColumbiaCraftsLegends and LiteraturePortraits
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Indigenous SpiritualityPortraits
Credits
- director
- Tom Shandel
- producer
- John Taylor
- executive producer
- Peter Jones
- camera
- David De Volpi
- Doug White
- editing
- Shelah Reljic
- sound
- Jacques Drouin
- re-recording
- Bill Armstrong