Bukwas

Bukwas

2010 (estimated) TV Episode Raven Tales

Studio
Raven Tales Productions, New Machine Studios
Distributor
APTN

Synopsis

On a hunt with the men and boys, Dza gets separated. Evening begins to fall. As she walks along the beach she sees a man gathering clams and shells.

Characters

Raven, Frog/Narrator, Eagle

Credits

Directing

Director
Caleb Hystad

Producing

Producer
Colin Curwen, Simon James

Writing

Writer
Simon James, Chris Kientz
Story Supervisor
Caleb Hystad

Voices

Voice
Dr. Evan Adams (Raven), Carmen Moore (Frog/Narrator), Ian Reid (Eagle)

Editing

Editor
Caleb Hystad

Crew

Sound
Mitch Lee, Redemption Audio
Pre-production Supervisor
Chad Veinot
Art Director
Chris Johnston
Creative Consultant
Simon James

Production notes

Raven Tales is a series of CGI animated television/film programs targeted at school-age children and their families. It features Native American folklore developed to appeal to a broad international audience in a contemporary, humorous and entertaining way.

Raven Tales concentrates on the wild and funny adventures of Raven, the most powerful, and one might add, trickiest troublemaker of Native American folklore.

The Raven Tales, like the Simpsons, centers its humor on the interactions of its reoccurring ensemble cast. The three principal characters, Raven, Eagle and Frog, anchor the show and provide familiar faces and humorous antics that feature widely in each episode. Along with the principal characters are a cast of humans, their children, and a group of mythological creatures whose foibles and flaws give our heroes plenty to worry about. And with 10,000 years of market research to support them, these stories are surefire hits with any audience.

The pilot episode, How Raven Stole the Sun, was adapted from a popular Haida myth, but has elements of Salish and Kwakiutl, while other episodes have been adapted from Cree, Cherokee, Lakota, Navajo, Nisgaa and other Native American stories from all across North America.

The cast, music and sound design are all by Aboriginal talent.

This series is scheduled to run for 13 episodes.