The Living Stone

Feeney, John, (film director.). Daly, Tom, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: This film shows the inspiration, often related to belief in the supernatural, behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit's 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (32 min., 31 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.
Copyright: ♭1958

Content descriptions

General Note:	Study guide available.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, John Feeney ; script, John Feeney ; editing, John Feeney ; producer, Tom Daly ; photography, Patrick Carey, Colin Low, Wally Gentleman ; sound, George Croll ; sound editing, Stuart Baker ; music, Maurice Blackburn.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, George Whalley.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1958.
Target Audience Note:	13-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Second Prize - Silver Cup of the Province of Genoa, 1960 Special Prize - Cup of the Minister of Tourism and Entertainment "for the best selection among foreign countries", 1960 Award of Merit - Category: General Information, 1959 Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Graphic Arts, 1960 Blue Ribbon Award, 1960 Diploma of Honour, 1959 Honourable Mention, 1959 Honourable Mention, 1959 Award - Category: Best Canadian-made Short Subject, 1959 CIDALC Medal of Honour, 1960 Mention, 1960 Silver Cup for the most popular film of the festival, 1967 Medal - Category: Ethnological, 1967 Ergo Prize of the Presidency of the Republic (Sv̈res vase), 1969
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).