NFB Collection
Fall: Tales of Wesakechak: Wesakechak and the Medicine - Wolf Tale: Legend of the First Thanksgiving
200223 min 30 secFilm: Animation
Production: Gerri CookAva KarvonenGregory CoyesGeorge JohnsonAlbert KarvonenPirkko KarvonenPati Olson
Script: Gerri Cook
Produced by Storytellers Productions Inc. in association with the National Film Board of Canada.
This title is an acquisition.
Three episodes in a series of half-hour animated films, inspired by the Ojibway prophecy of the Seventh Fire. The films feature a beautifully animated legend from Canada's First Nations based on the art of Norval Morrisseau and extraordinary live-action footage by wildlife filmographer Albert Karvonen.
Subject categories
- Literature and Language - Canada > Indigenous Traditional Stories
Credits
- producer
- Gerri Cook
- Ava Karvonen
- Gregory Coyes
- George Johnson
- voice
- Tantoo Cardinal
- Gordon Tootoosis
- Johnny Waniandy
- Ted Ross
- Sylvia Gambler
- Gerald Auger
- Bill Chalifoux
- Brett Tourangeau
- Niesa Lazaruk
- Kolton Lazaruk
- associate producer
- Tantoo Cardinal
- executive producer
- Albert Karvonen
- Pirkko Karvonen
- Pati Olson
- music composer
- Becker & Phillips
- creative consultant
- Tantoo Cardinal
- Johnny Waniandy
- George Johnson
- Carol Geddes
- Chris Fisher
- cultural consultant
- Tantoo Cardinal
- Johnny Waniandy
- George Johnson
- Carol Geddes
- Chris Fisher
- Cree language consultant
- Johnny Waniandy
- character design
- Norval Morrisseau
- adaptation for television
- Gregory Coyes
- voice director
- Gregory Coyes
- Tantoo Cardinal
- 2D animation
- Bardel Entertainment Inc.
- 2D animation producer
- Cathy Schoch
- animation line-producer
- Robert Watts
- Colin Curwen
- Terence Leung
- Nicholas Acs
- animation director
- Ron Crown
- Chris Johnston
- assistant animation director
- Tai Keattivanichvily
- storyboard consultant
- Ian Freedman
- storyboard
- John Delaney
- Chris Johnston
- Kevin Chu
- animator
- Barrett Chapman
- Bong Macarayan
- Damien Labonte
- Logan McNeil
- Marie Wyatt
- Daniel Sicolo
- Tai Keattivanichvily
- scan & trace supervisor
- Daniel Sicolo
- after effects operator
- Scott Kiborn
- 3D backgrounds
- Bioware Animation Ltd.
- 3D space opening/closing
- Bioware Animation Ltd.
- post-production
- Marv Coburn
- White Iron Digital Studios
- writer
- Gerri Cook
- 3D animation
- Aureny A Entertainment Group
- assistant director
- Kevin Chu
- modelling
- Eric Tang
- Vincent Yan
- Reece Mills
- animation
- Chris Johnston
- Reece Mills
- Caleb Hystad
- Graeme Revell
- Julio Alas
- Chris Lesage
- art director
- Chris Johnston
- Kevin Chu
- environments
- Reece Mills
- Vincent Yan
- Jackson Gee
- technical director
- Michael Goldfarb
- Vincent Yan
- Eric Tang
- Ron Miller
- animation compositing
- Michael Goldfarb
- production manager
- Terence Leung
- fur texture artist
- Vincent Yan
- Michael Goldfarb
- environment texture artist
- Jackson Gee
- storyreel
- Caleb Hystad
- 3D composite
- White Iron Digital Studios
- voice casting
- Geraldine Carr
- casting assistant
- Colleen Mellott
- post-production sound
- Wolf Willow Sound
- re-recording mixer
- John Blerot
- Ian Armstrong
- sound editor
- John Blerot
- Mike Saunders
- foley
- John Blerot
- Mike Saunders
- picture editor
- Andrew Manske
- title design
- Kim Clegg
- publicity
- Reel Girls Media Inc.
- production stills
- Dan Powers
- David Cooper
- project manager
- Pati Olson
- accountant
- Pati Olson
- bookkeeper
- Anita Rolston
- production coordinator intern
- Ley Anne LaRocque
- auditor
- Donna Weis
- post-production facilities
- Karvonen Films Ltd.
- Studio Post
- stock footage
- Karvonen Films Ltd.
- Global Television Network
- interim financing
- Albert Karvonen
- Pirkko Karvonen
- Bill Gordon
- Pati Gordon
- Beaumont Credit Union
- legal
- Linda Callaghan
- Robert Neufeld
- William Page