![]() As suggested by director Neil Christopher, I gave the animators images of what I want the outfits to look like as well as their dwelling. I was involved in the consultation of the style and character design. These two companies respect and value working with Inuit so much, I knew right away that I would love working with them. And I've also seen their other animated work of Inuit Legends and also admired illustrations on books about Inuit legends by their sister company, Inhabit Media. I approached Taqqut Productions based in Iqaluit to do this music video because I've worked with them as a narrator on a very cool short animated film called The Country of Wolves. Tell me about the concept and production team behind it. When so many of these types of stories tend to be filtered through white voices, it was powerful to me once I realized that this Inuit story and song was animated by an Inuit production company. I personally think the moral of the story is: You will lose the ones you care about by judging them for the way they are. And when the man kept smelling the musky smell of the fox-woman, she kept denying it. What lessons does it teach?īeatrice Deer: The legend is about a fox who transformed into a woman to trick a man into falling in love with her. Lars Gotrich: Can you tell me about the Inuit legend behind "Fox"? Its core is the fox as trickster god, but more importantly it's about lacking empathy. The details - right down the knife that the fox-woman holds - were important to the success of the project, Deer tells NPR in a short interview. ![]() "Fox" is an Inuk folktale about loss and judgement, woven with shades of love and hurt that make the film and song drive home the emotional climax. But before she does that, Deer is revisiting 2015's Fox EP with a gorgeously animated video that illuminates the idea that it matters who tells the story. The Montreal scene that she now calls home provides many musical touchstones, but Deer has crafted a yearning sound undoubtedly and uniquely her own.ĭeer is set to release her fifth album, My All to You, on May 11, featuring contributions by members of Land of Talk, The Barr Brothers, Stars, Timber Timbre, Bell Orchestre and Suuns. ![]() For more than a decade, Beatrice Deer has mixed traditional Inuit throat singing and indie-rock in a style that she cleverly calls "Inuindie." Half-Inuk and half-Mohawk, her voice is slinky and raw, colored by whichever language makes sense for the story - French, English, and Inuktitut. ![]()
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