SONGS IN STONE: AN ARCTIC JOURNEY HOME

Directed by John Houston
Triad Films Production, 1999
VHS Video, 45 minutes

$24.00 CDN

Director John Houston takes us on a journey to Cape Dorset on Baffin Island, Nunavut. The film is dedicated to the memory of his late mother Alma Houston. The production also pays tribute to his father James Houston and the artists of Cape Dorset, reflecting on past triumphs and suggesting future directions for Inuit art from this settlement. Other personalities in the field of Inuit art such as Budd Feheley and Terry Ryan share their memories and insights, while John Houston recounts childhood memories of the settlement and the artists.