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Nunavut Animation Lab: I Am But a Little Woman
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“I am but a little woman / Very willing to toil...” – Kivkarjuk's
Song
Inspired by an Inuit poem first assigned to paper in 1927, I
Am But a Little Woman wordlessly evokes the beauty and power of
nature, as well as the bond between mother and daughter.
As her daughter looks on, an Inuit woman creates a wall hanging filled
with images of the spectacular Arctic landscape and traditional Inuit objects
and iconography. Soon the boundaries between art and reality begin to dissolve.
I Am But a Little Woman features director Gyu
Oh’s hand-drawn animation set to a traditional tune, which she performs.
2010, 04 min 39 s
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