Whazzat?

Duration: 13 min.

Year Published: 1975

Creator: ENCBRIED

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents an adaption of the East Indian folktale about six blind men who come upon an elephant and attempt to describe it. Stresses the moral that cooperating with others can achieve more than working alone., Adapts, without narration and using six animated clay figures, the East Indian folktale about six blind men who come upon an elephant and attempt to describe it. Shows the figures meeting and touching the elephant and each thinking he has encountered something else until they pool their knowledge and recognize the elephant for what it is. Demonstrates that group participation is often more effective than individual efforts in problem solving.

Complete Record: , Presents a clay animation adaptation of the East Indian folktale about six blind men who come upon an elephant and attempt to describe it. Stresses the moral that cooperating with others can achieve more than working alone. , Adapts, without narration and using six animated clay figures, the East Indian folktale about six blind men who come upon an elephant and attempt to describe it. Shows the figures meeting and touching the elephant and each thinking he has encountered something else until they pool their knowledge and recognize the elephant for what it is. Demonstrates that group participation is often more effective than individual efforts in problem solving.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.