WHITE-WHALE HUNTERS OF ANSE-AUX-BASQUES

Directed by René Bonnière, Pierre Perrault

1960 / 29min

On the North Shore of the St. Lawrence, the Otis family hunts for white whales and seals with rusty old rifles in hand-crafted boats. This is the traditional method of the Basque whalers who frequented the coast in the 16th century.