Handcrafted Hopedale

Handcrafted Hopedale

Handcrafted Hopedale

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2015•6 min•EN

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If you want to find world-class artisans, the small northern Labrador community of Hopedale offers you some of the best. Created through the St. John's International Women's Film Festival's FRAMED film education series, in partnership with the Nunatsiavut government, this film focuses on three prominent local craftspeople- two carvers and one traditional sewist.

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