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Wapos Bay: They Dance at Night
200624 minFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Dennis Jackson
Production: Dennis JacksonMelanie JacksonAnand RamayyaDerek Mazur
Script: Trevor CameronJordan WheelerDennis Jackson
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.
There's a strange odour in town, the sled dogs are howling and the northern lights have disappeared. What's going on in Wapos Bay?
In Wapos Bay: They Dance at Night Talon, Raven and T-Bear learn what can happen when they forget to respect tradition.
Raven can't resist whistling at the glimmering northern lights even though she's been warned not to. And T-Bear breaks with an age-old ritual by neglecting to offer tobacco ties before picking sweet grass for the elders.
All three children discover that their careless behaviour may be the source of the community's recent small misfortunes. With help from Mushom and a wise elder, they take part in a traditional ceremony that puts things right.
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
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges
Credits
- writer
- Trevor Cameron
- Jordan Wheeler
- editor
- Jennifer Prokop
- music composer
- Ross Nykiforuk
- director of photography
- Paul Suderman
- producer
- Dennis Jackson
- Melanie Jackson
- Anand Ramayya
- Derek Mazur
- director
- Dennis Jackson
- series creator
- Dennis Jackson
- Melanie Jackson
- voice
- Gordon Tootoosis
- Andrea Menard
- Eric Jackson
- Taylor Cook
- Raven Brass
- Lorne Cardinal
- Trevor Cameron
- Tyrone Tootoosis
- DerRic Starlight
- Melanie Jackson
- Randy Woods
- Jennifer Prokop
- 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
- Jordan Yaworski
- character design
- Carll Machiskinic
- Bentley Poochay
- character sculpture
- Carll Machiskinic
- Bentley Poochay
- lead armature
- Jordan Yaworski
- armature design
- Paul Atkins
- armature construction
- 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
- Françoise Laprise
- 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.