When Water Covered the Earth

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Mary Code

When Water Covered the Earth


Dene with English Subtitles | Yukon, Canada | 14 min

Mary Code's late father tells the Sayisi Dene legend of the "great snow" and the "great flood" in Dene, just as he learned it from his grandparents in the early 1900s. This ancient oral story is brought to life with a mix of animation by Andrew Sharp and live action video

Supported by

Government of Yukon Canada Council for the Arts Lotteries Yukon Yukon Film Society