The Bear Inside a Whale

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2025 · 80 min · Documentary

Overview

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.

Directed by Kenneth J. Harvey

Cast

• Stan Hill Jr. — Self
• Marilyn John — Self
• Susan Quann — Self
• Trey Hill — Self