The Man, the Snake and the Fox

Snowsill, Tony, (film director.). Snowsill, Tony, (film producer.). Direction Films (Toronto), (film producer.).

Summary: This film is a dramatization of a traditional Ojibwa legend; it is told to a group of children. As the story unfolds, the characters played by puppets assume increasingly human characteristics. The moral of the fable: do not make promises that cannot be kept.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (11 min., 58 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.
Copyright: ♭1978

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Produced for the NFB by Direction Films for the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Tony Snowsill ; producer, Tony Snowsill ; script, Basil Johnston ; camera, M. Jackson-Samuels ; sound, Peter Shewchuk, Terry Cooke ; editing, Christine Welsh.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1978.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Best Art Direction, 1979 Best Short Film, 1979
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).