Stories the first peoples have told for a very long time.
Short illustrated films of legends from across North America and the far north of Europe, told calmly and credited to their sources. Films made together with collaborators from the Lakota, Inuit, Tohono O'odham, Diné, Sámi and Estonian peoples.
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The Spirits of the Northern Lights
Every winter Thursday a nobleman drives off alone in a secret sledge and returns before dawn. His curious coachman hides on the runners and finds himself racing above the clouds, among glowing sledges driven by the spirits of the Northern Lights. A story of what the old Estonians saw in the winter sky.
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