Picturing the Yukon: 9 Short Films [DVD] and similar items

Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: A DVD anthology of Yukon films that have screened at some point in the five-year history of the exhibition series entitled Picturing the Yukon. Aydaygooay (Mary Code, 2006, 6 min). Code's interpretation of a Dene legend. Aydaygooay had power nobody knew, and he brought the caribou back. Smallfilm (Richard Lawrence, 2007, 15 min). Tormented by a recurring nightmare, and old man turns to home movies as a form of therapy. His wheelchair-bound wife inspires and disturbs his reminiscences as he wrestles with his infirm equipment. My Indian bum (Kerry Barber, 2007, 5 min). Yeah, it is true... most First Nations have flat bums. So what of it? Two winters (Carol Geddes, 2004, 23 min). Live-action and animation combine to tell the Southern Tutchone story of how a First Nations family in the early 1800s survives when a volcanic eruption in Indonesia throws Canada's north into an extended winter. Dogs in concert (Werner Walcher, 2004, 8 min). The harmony and dynamics of a team of sled dogs in portrayed from their own perspective. This distinctively crafted film explores the movements and sounds of a truly northern experience. RAM (Paul Henderson Mike Yuhasz, 2001, 3 min). Unique combinations of sound and image create a rhythmic mosaic in this split screen video. Dawson town melted down (Lulu Keating, 2007, 6 min) "A town of 1300 people and 2000 dogs. Why did you move to Dawson City?" Lulu Keating tries to answer that question in this playful romp through her new hometown. Artifacts (Andrew Connors, 2006, 36 min). A young man awakens the spirtis of his grandfather's youth when he discovers the remnants of his unspoken life as a hard rock miner, and travels to an old mining town in search of his grandmother. Boar attack (Jay White, 2006, 4 min). Award-winning film about a shy man's struggle to come to terms with his missing father. This tender hand-painted animation disguises its own dark humour. Format: dvd_video