In a snowy village, a talented young girl listens to her grandmother's story of how Crow got fire for the people. A magical realist exploration of aboriginal American spirituality, oral story-telling, and a northern childhood.
About the film
"This short film is based in part on the story told by the late Kitty Smith of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation."[2]
The film was the 2009 World Indigenous Film Awards Winner for Best Animation, and received the 2009 American Indian Film Festival Award, Best Animated Short.[5][6] It received an award for Best Short Documentary at the 2009
Imagine Native Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, and the TEUEIKAN Second Prize at the 2009 First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights), Montréal.[7] The film was a finalist for the Writers Guild of Canada 2010 Screenwriting Award for Short Subjects.[8]
^"How People Got Fire". Sprockets 2010, Toronto International Film Festival for Children. February 20, 2010. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
^"How People Got Fire". Animation Celebration!", Museum of the American Indian, New York, February 2010. February 20, 2010. Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
