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Le chant de la forêt

Le chant de la forêt

| 1 h 28 min

Ce long métrage documentaire de Bill Mason témoigne de son affection pour le loup du Canada et le loup arctique blanc. Si les légendes sur les loups mangeurs-d’ hommes abondent, peu d'humains ont réellement vu un loup à l'état sauvage. Le cinéaste est allé camper seul, au risque de sa vie, dans les endroits les plus reculés du Grand Nord et a rapporté ce document exceptionnel qui risque de détruire à jamais quelques mythes sur le loup.


Credits
  • director
    Bill Mason
  • script
    Bill Mason
  • editing
    Bill Mason
  • producer
    William Brind
  • images
    Bill Mason
    Blake James
  • sound
    Don Wellington
  • sound editing
    John Knight
  • music recording
    Roger Lamoureux
  • sound mixer
    Michel Descombes
  • music
    Larry Crosley
    Bruce Mackay

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Education

Ages 9 to 17

Geography - Physical Geography/Geology
Science - Biology
Science - Environmental Science

Have students share popular misconceptions about wolves. Discuss fairy tales in which wolves are portrayed as vicious and a threat to man. How have your perceptions changed since viewing this film? How do you account for the prevalence of the negative stereotype concerning wolves? What was the most interesting new information that you learned about wolves? In what ways was Bill Mason’s time with the wolves successful/unsuccessful?

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