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The fairy faith [videorecording (DVD)].

National Film Board of Canada, 2007, 2000.

DVD 398.45 F172 Doc

Fairies -- Religious aspects.

Celts -- Religion.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (77 min.) ; digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Closed-captioned.

John Walker Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Writer/Producer/Director, John Walker ; Co-producer, Kent Martin.

"A fairy couple tries to steal a man's shadow. Another takes a man's wife. And yet another, claims a retired police chief, braided a horse's mane! "The little people." You can shrug them off as superstition, but what explains their perennial appeal? As a boy, filmmaker John Walker learned the difference between a fairy tale and the fairy faith from his grandmother, who told him that if your heart is open, the fairies and their fabled world can be seen in the landscape. In search of this ancient belief, Walker travels to the moors of England, the Highlands of Scotland and sacred sites in Ireland and Cape Breton. He meets a storyteller who saves an ancient fairy thorn bush from town developers, a painter who conjures up their magical features, and a Mi'kmaq elder who gives advice on how to understand the mysterious lot. Magnificently photographed and set to a score of otherworldly music, The Fairy Faith spirits us away into another dimension."--Container.

Documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Walker, John, 1952 July 5-

John Walker Productions.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

National Film Board of Canada.

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