The Living Stone (1958)
• February 4th, 1958 • 0h 34min
Documentary
Overview
The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Nanook of the North
Released on: 1922-06-11
Documentary, Drama
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
Our Land, Our Truth
Released on: 1983-01-18
Documentary
Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident memb...
Life of Ivanna
Released on: 2021-10-01
Documentary
A sensitive and intimate portrait of Ivanna, a nomadic reindeer herder in the Russian Arctic and mot...
Dawnland
Released on: 2018-06-14
Documentary
They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, deprivi...
Whispers / Megan Cope
Released on: 2023-11-01
Documentary
A documentary short which follows follow Quandamooka artist Megan Cope in the creation of her work '...
Angry Inuk
Released on: 2016-05-02
Documentary
With "sealfies" and social media, a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit is wading into the world of a...
James Bearden: Man of Metals
Released on: 2013-10-04
Documentary
An essay style film in the vein of Orson Welles' "F For Fake" and Jon Jost's "Speaking Directly". Fr...
Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
Released on: 2010-11-06
Documentary
A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found i...
Allen Jones: Women and Men
Released on: 2007-12-03
Documentary
An exploration of the work of controversial pop artist Allen Jones, whose erotic sculptures have ang...
The Invention of the Other
Released on: 2022-11-19
Documentary
In 2019, the Brazilian government coordinates the largest and riskiest expedition of the last decade...
Saved From The Waters
Released on: 2018-10-07
Documentary
A biographical documentary about Moisés Avendaño, artist, athlete, sportsman, adventurer, and doctor...
Forever
Released on: 2006-10-05
Documentary
Père-Lachaise - one of the world's most famous and beautiful cemeteries - is the final resting-place...
Long Live the Scandals!
Released on: 2018-04-24
Documentary
Leonhard Lapin is the classic and the enfant terrible of Estonian contemporary art, constantly follo...
Os Arara
Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary
Documentation of the preparations and expeditions of the Frente de Atração Arara da Funai, in the st...
Art & Krimes by Krimes
Released on: 2022-09-30
Documentary
While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental wor...
Grey Horse
Released on:
Documentary
Samuel Grey Horse, an Indigenous equestrian from Austin, Texas, is known for rescuing horses from be...