Summer Legend

Collaborators : Hartmann, Françoise | Macaulay, Eunice | MacDonald, Douglas | Office national du film du Canada
Indians of North America -- Folklore.Micmac Indians -- Folklore.Seasons -- Folklore.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Atlantic Region.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Legends and Literature.Literature and Language - Canada -- Children's Materials.Literature and Language - Canada -- Indigenous Traditional Stories.Literature and Language -- Animation based on Literature.Literature and Language -- Children's Stories.Literature and Language -- Indigenous Traditional Stories.Animated films.Show 6 more

Silas Rand and Charles Leland first wrote down the legends of the great spirit Glooscap before the turn of the century. Since then, Summer Legend has been retold many times, but never more beautifully than in this colourful animated interpretation. It tells of the Mi'kmaq people in the cold white dawning of their world, and of how Glooscap battled with the giant Winter in order to bring Summer to the North.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (8 min., 19 sec.)Collections : Animania - Program for International #5, Discuss It, Native Indian Folklore, Native LegendsLanguage : AnglaisYear of publication : ©1986

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