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Finding Farley

In this full-length documentary husband-and-wife team Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their 2-year old son and dog, retrace the literary footsteps of Canadian writer Farley Mowat. They paddle east from Calgary, towards the Prairies (the geography of Born Naked and Owls in the Family) and then traverse the same paths that Farley took more than 60 years earlier, which became the foundation for Never Cry Wolf and People of the Deer. Their epic 5,000 km journey – trekking, sailing, portaging and paddling - ends in the Maritimes, at Mowat's Nova Scotian summer home.

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Grade 4 - 8

English Language Arts / CanLit

Educational purpose:

A warm-up to reading Mowat, depicting the beauty of the North and its habitat, accompanied by ethical questions about truth in storytelling. Activities: 1) Point of view in literature: students assume the point of view of one of the adventurers (wife, child, dog) or someone encountered, and imaginatively retell a film sequence; 2) Environment: students select an environmental issue suggested by the film, research and communicate it through story, drawing, video, letters or journalistic report.

 

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  • FluviusVivens

    FluviusVivens

      “Amazing movie. Amazing adventure. Thanks!”

    3 Sep 2010
  • canoeguy

    canoeguy

      “I had the priviledge of meeting Karsten on the Skyline Trail in Jasper a few years ago and got to share a picnic table, a couple of meals and good conversation. As a result, I've been enjoying the books and films that continually speak of the wonder, the joy, the mystery of creation and our responsibility to care... It's also great to see another family sharing adventures together. Keep it up!! ”

    28 Aug 2010

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