The Bear Inside a Whale
2025•1h 20m•Released
Documentary
Stan Hill Jr. is a Haudenosaunee artist living in Miawpukek First Nation Reserve, Conne River, Newfoundland. In “The Bear Inside a Whale,” he and his family discuss racism, identity, religion, creation and art, along with the cultural extinction of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Throughout the film, we follow Stan carving a bear out of a whale vertebra. And we visit The Rooms (museum) in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where Stan talks about viewing and reclaiming Indigenous artefacts.
Director
Kenneth J. Harvey
Languages
English
Studio
Island Horse Productions
Cast
Stan Hill Jr.
Self
Marilyn John
Self
Susan Quann
Self
Trey Hill
Self
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