Stone carver

Jones, Marianne. (Added Author). Bear, Jeff. (Added Author). Urban Rez Productions. (Added Author). Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. (Added Author).

Summary: Alfie Collinson is a stone carver who transforms the Haida people's creation stories into art. Using argillite, a stone found only in Haida Gwaii, Alfie is one of the best contemporary Haida carvers. He journeys to sacred ground to quarry the stone, slabs of which are delicate and difficult to remove.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD).
Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Ravens and Eagles Productions, [Urban Rez Productions], c2003 ; Moving Images [distributor] ; Image Media [distributor], 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Produced in association with the New VI, and with Bravo!, divisions of CHUM Limited, with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and with other interested organizations. This videodisc presents episode 14 of the television series "Ravens and eagles: Haida art."
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Jeff Bear; director, Marianne Jones; executive producer, Jeff Bear.
System Details Note:	DVD-R format. No scene indexing. 5-min. "skip" segments.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Loan permitted only to VIU students and employees.
Language Note:	Closed captioned. cc