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Wapos Bay: Journey Through Fear
200624 minFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Melanie Jackson
Production: Dennis JacksonMelanie JacksonAnand RamayyaDerek Mazur
Script: Elizabeth DennyMelanie JacksonDennis JacksonJordan Wheeler
Produced by Wapos Bay Productions Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and in association with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Aboriginal Day festivities are getting underway, but there's even more cause for excitement in Wapos Bay...
T-Bear unexpectedly spends the night in the fire tower after he climbs up and is too afraid to come down. Jacob goes up to get his son and realizes he's scared too. In an amusing twist, the story is reported as a political protest on TV. After much soul searching, father and son make it back to solid ground.
Meanwhile, Raven doesn't want to go fishing with her mother, Sarah, because she's frightened of the river. Sarah helps her daughter feel at ease in open water, one step at a time.
In Wapos Bay: Journey Through Fear Raven and T-Bear discover how important honesty, patience and courage are, especially when you're scared.
Wapos Bay is a light-hearted stop-motion animation series about the adventures of three Cree children living in remote northern Saskatchewan. Guided by elders, extended family and their own insatiable curiosity, T-Bear, Talon and Raven learn how to balance traditional ways with newer ones. Dennis and Melanie Jackson created this charming award-winning series.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > ChildrenLifestylesReserves
- Children and Youth > Children's StoriesIndigenous Youth
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges
- Media Education > Journalism/News
- Health/Personal Development > Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Credits
- writer
- Elizabeth Denny
- Melanie Jackson
- editor
- Jennifer Prokop
- music composer
- Ross Nykiforuk
- director of photography
- Paul Suderman
- producer
- Dennis Jackson
- Melanie Jackson
- Anand Ramayya
- Derek Mazur
- director
- Melanie Jackson
- series creator
- Dennis Jackson
- Melanie Jackson
- voice
- Gordon Tootoosis
- Andrea Menard
- Eric Jackson
- Taylor Cook
- Raven Brass
- Lorne Cardinal
- DerRic Starlight
- Nola Wuttunee
- Mervin Brass
- Trevor Cameron
- Joseph Naytowhow
- Delvin Kennedy
- Tyrone Tootoosis
- executive producer
- Derek Mazur
- associate producer
- Rick Stefanowski
- 1st assistant director
- Trevor Cameron
- 2nd assistant director
- Jason Bohn
- story editor
- Dennis Jackson
- Jordan Wheeler
- production consultant
- Torin Stefanson
- animation supervisor
- Cam Lizotte
- stop motion animator
- Gilbert Baldhead
- Andrew Doll
- Diana Gossner
- Carll Machiskinic
- Kelly Morrison
- Bentley Poochay
- Amber Rees-Yaworski
- Justin Scales
- Jordan Yaworski
- character design
- Carll Machiskinic
- Bentley Poochay
- character sculpture
- Carll Machiskinic
- Bentley Poochay
- lead armature
- Jordan Yaworski
- armature design
- Justin Scales
- Paul Atkins
- armature construction
- Justin Scales
- Paul Atkins
- mold maker
- Andrea Miller
- production designer
- Gloria Stefanson
- set master
- Barry Stefanson
- property master
- Jean-Marie Michaud
- set decoration
- Jean-Marie Michaud
- greens captain
- Frank Engel
- landscaping
- Frank Engel
- puppet consultant
- Zane Knisely
- art department
- Amy Stefanson
- Joan Sinclair
- Amber Rees-Yaworski
- Diana Savage
- costume designer
- Joan Sinclair
- costumes
- Gloria Stefanson
- Amy Stefanson
- storyboard artist
- Gilbert Baldhead
- dialogue timing
- Mandi Mayoh
- grip
- Craig Olson
- assistant grip
- Aaron Jackson
- rigging
- Dean Martin
- post-production supervisor
- Torin Stefanson
- lead visual effects
- Alina Pete
- visual effects
- Elmer Estillore
- assistant editor
- John Thronberg
- file processing
- Teri Armitage
- online editor
- Denis Gathelier
- scanner
- Kyle Lamont
- Tim Tyler
- audio post supervisor
- Ross Nykiforuk
- foley
- Daryl Pierce
- Randy Woods
- sound effects
- Daryl Pierce
- Randy Woods
- re-recording mixer
- Evan Rust
- mix facility
- Talking Dog Studios
- musician
- Ross Nykiforuk
- Randy Woods
- Carrissa Klopoushak
- production coordinator
- Linda Nemeth
- production assistant
- Kim Warden
- Tatyanna Elash
- Melanie Coad
- Monique Perron
- Rolande Petit
- publicist
- Ryan Lockwood
- production supervisor
- Scott Collins
- business affairs coordinator
- Faye Yoneda
- program administrator
- Cyndi Forcand
- lighting equipment
- Andrew Gordon
- George Hupka
- grip equipment
- Andrew Gordon
- George Hupka
- production insurance
- Multimedia Risk Inc.