Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter

Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 16, 1989

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

55%

Original Title

Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter

Director

Sarah Elder

Description

This film gives an intimate look at a way of life of which most of us have seen only glimpses. Dance was once at the heart of Yupik Eskimo spiritual and social life. It was the bridge between the ancient and the new, the living and the dead and a person's own power and the greater powers of the unseen world.