Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend

19757 min 55 secFilm: Animation

Direction: Co Hoedeman

Production: Pierre Moretti

Co-produced by the NFB and the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Lumaaq tells the story of a legend widely believed by the Povungnituk Inuit. The artist's drawings are transferred to paper, cut out, and animated under the camera. The result is Inuit prints in action. Dialogue, music and artwork make this film a total cultural transplant.

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Lumaaq : une légende eskimo

Subject categories

  • Literature and Language > Animation based on LiteratureIndigenous Traditional Stories
  • Literature and Language - Canada > Inuit Traditional Stories
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Traditional stories

Credits

director
Co Hoedeman
animation
Co Hoedeman
producer
Pierre Moretti
editing
Richard Robesco
sound editing
Richard Robesco
re-recording
Michel Descombes
music
Aikimie Novalinga
Akinisie Novalinga
Mina Mathews