THE LIVING STONE

http://www.nfb.ca/film/living-stone/
This documentary shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Documentary
• Arctic
• carvings
• Inuit
• Inuit art
• Inuit artists
• OSCAR® nominations
• religion
• sculptors
• sculptures
• spirituality

[jramos83084]

awesome

[sukhbaatar108]

They have the happiness that we have not.

[Sideways0J]

The narrartor's voice seems so familiar to me, but the name George Whalley doesn't ring a bell and he doesn't seem to have a very extensive catalogue of work on IMDB.

[bennystropical]

Love all the videos you have amazing

[paulmercy]

Il y a une série de films, tournée par l'anthropologue Asen Balikci, qui s'appelle "The Netsilik Eskimo". C'est une série éblouissante. Si l'ONF en a les droits, j'aimerais bien la revoir. C'est une culture fascinante - qu'un peuple puisse bâtir une vie & une société si riches sur la glace, les os, les pierres et les peaux, c'est formidable.

Merci pour ces images rares.

[Renikor]

cool