Crow Tales Credits (approximately how they appear on the video)

  Crow Tales is dedicated to
Canadian virtuoso Glenn Gould &
Santi Francesco di Assisi

Directed and Produced by
Patty-Lynne Herlevi

Production Manager,
Corene Kufta

Photographed by
Eli Kimaro

Additional Photography by
Doug Ing

Edited by
Toni Marie LaGree

  Special thanks to Rob A.. Johnston for donating use of his editing suite.

  Additional editing and mastering provided by Amy Enser.

Storytellers in alphabetical order:

Eva M. Abram
"The Crow Story"

Karen DeWinter
"Party Crashers" & "Mysterious Flying Object"

Elizabeth Falconer
"The Crow"

Roger Fernandes
"Octopus Lady & Crow"

Patty-Lynne Herlevi
"St. Francis of Assisi's Pet Crow," and "Crane & Crow"

Renee Robinette Ha
"Spinning Lesson"

Rodney Romney
"Crows & Pita Bread" and "Five Feathers"

Sources for Stories:

  "The Crow Story (Chulyen)" was adapted from Tanaina Tales from Alaska, by Bill Vaudrin. Copyright C 1969 by the University Of Oklahoma Press. By Permission of the publisher.

  Also found in "Northern Tales," by Howard Norman, Pantheon Books, 1990 & 1998.

"The Crow," adapted from "The Crow's Repayment," From "Romance of the Bear God," by Kayano Shigeru. Retold by Elizabeth Falconer, (out of print).

  "Octopus Lady & Crow" this is Roger Fernandes' interpretation of a popular Pacific Northwest Indian story.

  "St. Francis of Assisi's Crow" is based on a couple of paragraphs that appear in "Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures," by Paul M. Allen and Joan deRis Allen, Continuum, 1996. The story is adapted by Patty-Lynne Herlevi for only for "Crow Tales."

  "Crane and Crow" is a traditional story from Australia, found in Jan Thornhill's "Crow & Fox and Other Animal Legends," Simon & Schuster, 1993.

Artists whose work appears in CT:

Karen DeWinter, paintings on glass,
"My Best Dress," "She Admires Their Glossy, Black Wings" and "Sara's Heart with Crow"

Roger Fernandes, "Crow's Shell Necklace"

KB Jones, stain glass art, "Through the Eye of the Beholder"

Silvija Paza, 4 etched glass pieces,
3 vases and plate
Courtesy of Helen Jennings

Margaret Tylczak, painting "Edgar"
Courtesy of Silverwood Gallery, Vashon, Washington

Musicians:

Elizabeth Falconer, koto
(composed music for her story)

John O. Falconer, mouth harp

Roger Fernandes, Native American chant and drum

Patty-Lynne Herlevi,
vocals on Saint Francis Story

Locations:

Ivars Salmon House (Seattle),
Roger Fernandes' performance Courtesy of Ivars Salmon House

Seattle Aquarium, octopus
Courtesy of Seattle Aquarium

Global Art Venue,
Karen DeWinter's paintings
Courtesy of Global Art Venue

Seattle Asian Art Museum,
Japanese Crow Screen
Courtesy of Seattle Asian Art Museum

  Crow Tales was shot in western Washington

  We would like to thank participants for providing us with locations.

Other acknowledgements:

911 Media Arts
Holly Taylor & Bird Productions
Yeti Arts
Speakeasy Broadband Services
Madison Market
Essential Baking Company
Burke Museum
University of Oklahoma Press
Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
Zagi's Pizza
Peet's Coffee
Café Flora.

Acknowledged participants:

Karen DeWinter
Roger Fernandes
Eva M. Abram
Elizabeth and John Falconer
Renee Robinette Ha and James Ha
Rodney Romney
William Rathbun
Eli Kimaro
Corene Kufta
Toni LaGree
Doug Ing
Daniel Moore
Amy Enser
Margaret Tykzak
Silvija Paza
KB Jones.

Also thanks to:

Professor John Marzluff
Johnny Moses
Grey Eagle
Pauline Hillaire
Martha Brice & Red Eagle Soaring
David A. Young
Fidelma McGuinn
Robin Loor
Brent Morse
Michael Smith of American Indian Film Festival
Candace Savage
Clifford Sloane
Rachel Peterson
Angela Vasquez-Trudell
Monica Wilson
Esther Herlevi
Judy Tangen
Jeff and Sue Turner
Kristi Laguzza-Boosman
David Brugman
Mark Simon
Faith & Disease
Jeff Baker
Native American artist,
Fred Lauth (Haida Nation)
ØAnanda BajemaØBryan Booker
Liz Herlevi
Walter Herlevi
John and Helena
Jan Seedman
Margaret Ann Bollmeier,
(Washington Commission for Humanities)
John Hoskyns-Abrahall, (Bullfrog Films)
Nick Upton (UK)
Lynda Mapes
Jack Broom and Tom Reese
(Seattle Times)
and the thousands of crows that inspired this project.

  A special thanks to my parents for introducing storytelling to me at an early age as well as, teaching me to respect the various creatures in which we share this great planet.

  Thank you to Canadian filmmakers Francois Girard and Don McKellar for inspiring us with their film, "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould."

   To all the storytellers around the world keeping the oral storytelling tradition alive.

© Patty-Lynne Herlevi, 2005