The Dancing Bulrushes is based on an Ojibwa tale about coyote, the great trickster. Priestley and Subotnick animated the film by moving sand on a sheet of glass, directly under the camera.

Director:   Joanna Priestley  (their other films)
Producer:	Genre:  Animation
Country:  USA	Copyright Year:  1985
Original Format:	Color Type:  Color
Sound Type:  Magnetic Stereo	Length:  00:05:00
Original Language:	Subtitle Language:
Label:   Priestley Motion Pictures
Other Info: New York Independent Filmmakers Expo: First Place, Motion Picture Sound Editors: Golden Reel Award, Telluride Film Festival, Northwest Film and Video Festival: First Place, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Baltimore Film Festival: Second Place, Aspen Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival.
Music: Music by Miroslav Tadic
Film Website:  http://www.primopix.com

This film has never been screened

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Compilations containing this film
	Commercial DVD Fighting Gravity (MC-386) Animated Films by Joanna Priestley	2005	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store