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Mc GRAW HILL VHS VIDEO 0-676-35088-7, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ON FILM based on the book THE SEAL MOTHER by MORDICAI GERSTEIN
Gerstein reworks the selkie myth into a deeply moving story of a son's love and sacrifice for his mother. On Midsummer's Eve a beautiful seal slips out of her skin and takes "human form to dance and sing." A fisherman hides the sealskin and promises that if she will marry him, he will allow her to go free in seven years. When the time comes, it is her son Andrew who must bravely find the sealskin and choose to set her free. Like all good folktales, this story, told by an old man with "deep, dark eyes," hovers between magic and reality. Yet this version has a poignant touch; Andrew's moment of truth is stirring and human. The extraordinary video pictures allow the reader to glimpse the images of animals that gleam orange in the firelight and seals that dance like humans in the shimmering sea.
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