It’s here! The trailer for the exciting animated and live-action film, “Iroquois Creation Story” is making the rounds. The full 17-minute version is being screened for entry into film festivals, and will be shown at the new Orientation Theater of the Seneca Art and Culture Center at Ganondagan Historic Site in Victor NY, this October 2015. On permanent exhibit there, “Iroquois Creation Story” will be shown to thousands of visitors at the Historic Site, the location of a 17th century Seneca village. And it’s being entered into several film festivals as well. I hear that in about a year’s time, a commercial DVD or Blu-ray may become available for purchase by the general public. I can hardly wait!
Film Description
Helping to tell the cinematic story are traditional Iroquois Social Dancers, Garth Fagan Dancers with narration by Grammy winning singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah, voice overs by Haudenosaunee actors, and original artwork by G. Peter Jemison. The music combines traditional Haudenosaunee singers and original music by composer Brent Michael Davids. The animation team was lead by Cathleen Ashworth of Rochester Institute of Technology.
This film's story is based on Seneca Chief John Arthur Gibson’s account, later annotated by Seneca John Mohawk. According to oral tradition, far above earth in Sky World, the Great Celestial Tree providing light and food for the Sky World inhabitants begins to fade. The keeper of the tree dreams that the people uproot the Great Tree, renewing their world. When the Great Tree is uprooted, a large hole is produced through which a young pregnant woman falls, landing on the back of a turtle. A new world, Turtle Island, is created. Eventually, Sky Woman's grandsons, twins Flint and Sky Holder, create everything on the earth and then battle for control.
Film Description
Helping to tell the cinematic story are traditional Iroquois Social Dancers, Garth Fagan Dancers with narration by Grammy winning singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah, voice overs by Haudenosaunee actors, and original artwork by G. Peter Jemison. The music combines traditional Haudenosaunee singers and original music by composer Brent Michael Davids. The animation team was lead by Cathleen Ashworth of Rochester Institute of Technology.
This film's story is based on Seneca Chief John Arthur Gibson’s account, later annotated by Seneca John Mohawk. According to oral tradition, far above earth in Sky World, the Great Celestial Tree providing light and food for the Sky World inhabitants begins to fade. The keeper of the tree dreams that the people uproot the Great Tree, renewing their world. When the Great Tree is uprooted, a large hole is produced through which a young pregnant woman falls, landing on the back of a turtle. A new world, Turtle Island, is created. Eventually, Sky Woman's grandsons, twins Flint and Sky Holder, create everything on the earth and then battle for control.
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