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Balakrishna

Balakrishna

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 20, 2019

Runtime

0h 15m

Genres

Animation, Documentary

Original Title

Balakrishna

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Aparna Kapur

Description

When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one was more in awe of the creature than young Winton Cook, who became inseparable from his mammoth new friend. Using painterly animation, photographs and home-movie treasures, Balakrishna transmits the wistfulness of childhood memories, while evoking themes of friendship and loss, and issues of immigration and elephant conservation.