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Summer Legend

1986 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: La Légende De Glooscap (French)

Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis

Summer Legend has been retold many times, but never more beautifully than in this colorful interpretation. It tells of the Micmac people in the cold, white dawning of their world, and how the great Indian spirit Glooscap battled with the giant Winter in order to bring summer to the north.

Characters

Micmacs, Glooscap, Winter

Credits

Directing

Director
Françoise Hartmann

Producing

Producer
Eunice Macaulay
Executive Producer
Douglas MacDonald
Associate Producer
Les Drew

Writing

Writer
Françoise Hartmann
Adaption
Eunice Macaulay

Voices

Voice
Tex Konig (Narrator), Margo Mackinnon Baculis

Music

Music
Keith Tedman

Animation

Animator
Françoise Hartmann

Art Department

Design
Françoise Hartmann

Production notes

Silas Rand and Charles Leland first wrote down the legends of Glooscap before the turn of the 20th century.