Annie And The Old One

Duration: 15 0:17:03

Genre: Educational

Creator: phenix

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: The old one -- the beloved grandmother of a little Navajo girl named Annie -- is very wise and passes much of her wisdom on to her granddaughter. One day the old one reveals a sad truth - when the new rug on the loom is finished she will go to mother earth. The old one discovers Annie's sadness and distress and helps her to understand the cycle of life. , Explores the concepts of death and time through the story of Annie, a Navajo girl, and her grandmother, the Old One. Relates the grandmother's belief that she will rejoin the earth when the new rug is taken from the loom and follows Annie's attempts to prevent the rug from being finished. Based on Miska Miles' book by the same title.

Complete Record: The old one -- the beloved grandmother of a little Navajo girl named Annie -- is very wise and passes much of her wisdom on to her granddaughter. One day the old one reveals a sad truth - when the new rug on the loom is finished she will go to mother earth. The old one discovers Annie's sadness and distress and helps her to understand the cycle of life. , A young Navajo girl tries to postpone her grandmother's demise by preventing her mother from finishing the weaving of a rug that will hasten death. The Old One discovers Annie's distress and helps her understand the cycle of life. , Based on the book of the same title by Miska Miles. Recreates a young Navajo girl's struggle to accept the inevitable death of her grandmother. A sensitive view of aging and death., Based on the book of the same title by Miska Miles. Recreates a young Navajo girl's struggle to accept the inevitable death of her grandmother. A sensitive view of aging and death., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.