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ON WORDS AND WINGS (Ages Teen 14+)

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The Crow
A crow decides the leave his group and follow an eagle to a new life.
Arctic Song
The Inuit stories of the world’s creation put to song and visuals.
The Dong With The Luminous Nose
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, this adaption of Victorian poet Edward Lear's nonsense verse, The Dong with a Luminous Nose, applies fitting visuals to Lear's absurd lyrical imagery of the poor Dong who has lost his love.
THE BLACK reCAT
A stop motion animation revisits the novel “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe.
flooded daisies
Living with clinical depression, a girl feels as if her life is a never-ending cycle of turmoil. While riding the waves of emotional imbalance, she holds on to her flickering sense of hope, and learns that beauty and chaos can coexist in life.
Santiago
OrHoDa
New Moon
Jay Jay and his mother Edie spend their nights together listening to music and telling stories. When they witness a new moon one night, JayJay learns the importance of hope and believing in himself.
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Take a literary journey through the creative interpretation of story and verse. From the work of Edward Lear to a different andmated take of Old Man and the Sea.


For Ages Teen 14+ | 73 minutes | Presented in English, nonverbal and original languages with English subtitles


Arctic Song


The sky, the mountains, the land, and the sea. We see them every day, but how did they come to be? "Arctic Song" explores just this by retelling traditional Inuit creation stories. The stories are as ancient as the Iglulik region of Nunavu itself, but the film tells them in a fresh, eye-catching way that are sure to inspire a new generation of storytellers.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English, Inuktitut
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Chicago Premiere
  • Note
    THEMES: Animals/Wildlife, Plants/Trees, Folktale/Oral Tradition/Indigenous Story, Lyric
  • Director
    Germaine Arnattaujuq, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher
  • Screenwriter
    Germaine Arnattaujuq, Celina Kalluq, Neil Christopher
  • Producer
    Neil Christopher, Nadia Mike, David Christensen, Alicia Smith
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