The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

The Inuit folktale of an old woman and the orphaned polar bear cub she took in as her own child.

Cast

Heather Esdon

as The Old Woman

Christian Tessier

as Tuk

John Koensgen

as Komak

John Tarzwell

as The Storyteller

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