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.
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- Released
- Production
- ONF | NFB
Keywords
- elephant
- immigration
- nova scotia
- animal conservation
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Aparna Kapur · Director, Writer
Colin Mackenzie · Director, Writer
Judith Gruber-Stitzer · Composer
Santosh Sivan · Cinematographer
Maral Mohammadian · Producer
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