The Bear Inside a Whale

The Bear Inside a Whale (2025) is a documentary film directed by Kenneth J. Harvey.

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.

Cast

Stan Hill Jr.

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Marilyn John

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Susan Quann

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Trey Hill

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