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Little Thunder
20092 min 59 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Nance AckermanAlan Syliboy
Production: Annette Clarke (National Film Board of Canada)Kent Martin
Script: Nance AckermanAlan Syliboy
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-production with Animiki See Productions with the participation of APTN.
This animated short, inspired by the Mi'kmaq legend, "The Stone Canoe"
explores aboriginal humour. We follow Little Thunder as he reluctantly leaves
his family and sets out on a cross-country canoe trip to become a man.
Vistas - 13 short films on the theme of
"nationhood". Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and APTN.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Coming of Age Stories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Legends and Literature
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Media Education > Film Animation
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Humour Traditional Stories & Storytelling
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Mi'kmaq (L'nu)
- Worldview, Belief, Spirituality Philosophy & Ideology > Rites of Passage
- Tangible & Material Culture > Vehicles & Transportation canoes, travois, etc.
Credits
- writer
- Nance Ackerman
- Alan Syliboy
- director
- Nance Ackerman
- Alan Syliboy
- original artwork
- Alan Syliboy
- assistant director
- Paton Francis
- animation
- Paton Francis
- original music
- Nance Ackerman
- Jamie Alexander Alcorn
- sound design
- Nance Ackerman
- Jamie Alexander Alcorn
- recording
- Al Strickland
- mixing
- Al Strickland
- online editing
- Reynold Gregor
- production supervisor
- Candice Desormeaux
- administration
- John William Lutz
- Cyndi Forcand
- production coordinator
- Stephanie Coolen
- Vanessa Larsen
- marketing manager
- Leslie Stafford
- Amy Stewart Gallant
- series producer
- Vanessa Loewen
- Joe MacDonald
- series executive producer
- Derek Mazur
- Peter Strutt
- producer
- Annette Clarke
- executive producer
- Kent Martin