The Loon's Necklace
| The Loon's Necklace | |
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| Directed by | F. R. Crawley |
| Produced by | F. R. Crawley |
| Written by | Douglas Leechman |
| Starring | George Gorman |
| Cinematography | Grant Crabtree |
| Edited by | Judith Crawley |
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Production
company |
Crawley Films
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Release date
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1948 |
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Running time
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12 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Loon's Necklace is a Canadian film, directed by F. R. Crawley and released in 1948. The film recounts the Tsimshian legend of how the loon received the distinctive band of white markings on its neck, by granting the gift of restored sight to a blind Tsimshian medicine man, and being given traditional Tsimshian necklace in return.
The film is narrated by George Gorman, and performed by actors in traditional West Coast First Nations masks in front of a backdrop of brightly coloured oil paintings. The film has sometimes been erroneously credited to the National Film Board of Canada, but was in fact produced by Crawley's own independent studio Crawley Films after being rejected by the NFB.
The film won the inaugural Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1949.
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