NFB Collection
The Giant
19872 min 25 secFilm: Documentary, Animation
Direction: Denis Nokony
Production: Charles KonowalChes Yetman
Script: Ken Mitchell
This animated short tells the story of Edouard Beaupré, a.k.a. the Willow Bunch Giant. At 2.5 m (8’ 3”), he was the tallest Canadian in history. Born in 1881 in a small Métis community south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, his life was tragically cut short in 1904 while he was “on display” at the St. Louis World’s Fair.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > MétisPortraitsPrairies
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
Credits
- director
- Denis Nokony
- animation
- Denis Nokony
- producer
- Charles Konowal
- editing
- Charles Konowal
- executive producer
- Ches Yetman
- script
- Ken Mitchell
- camera
- Lorne Bailey
- sound editing
- Carol Wenaus
- re-recording
- Clive Perry
- narrator
- Wilfrid Dubé