Film

The Bear Inside a Whale

2025 · 1h 20m · Documentary

Stan Hill Jr. is a Haudenosaunee artist living in Miawpukek First Nation Reserve, Conne River, Newfoundland. In “The Bear Inside a Whale,” he and his family discuss racism, identity, religion, creation and art, along with the cultural extinction of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Throughout the film, we follow Stan carving a bear out of a whale vertebra. And we visit The Rooms (museum) in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where Stan talks about viewing and reclaiming Indigenous artefacts.

• Kenneth J. HarveyDirector

The Bear Inside a Whale | Official Trailer

Release date

June 17, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary

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