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Transcript: Tommy
A boy with long brown hair wears a blue coat and mittens with a white touque. Behind him, snow covers the ground under bare trees.
[Upbeat music plays]
A narrator says, SAY HELLO
TO TOMMY. HE LOVES TO DRAW.
Tommy holds up a drawing.
[Rustling paper]
Tommy says, MY DRAWING
IS DONE.
Tommy holds a blue and white shirt against his body and stretches out his arms.
The narrator says, HE HAS A
SPECIAL SHIRT JUST FOR
CEREMONIES. AND REALLY KICKS
IN TAEKWONDO.
LET'S GO!
Tommy and another child ride a sled down a snowy hill.
[Panting, skidding]
Photographs of children hang on an animated clothesline in front of animated foothills, mountains, and the sun. Text reads, “Raven’s Quest.”
[Birds chirp, raven caws, upbeat music plays]
Tommy sits on a snowbank. Text beside Tommy reads, “Teiota’Sharià:Kon.”
Tommy says, HI, MY NAME
IS TEIOTA'SHARIA:KON
AND I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD.
I'M A KANIEN'KEHÀ:KA AND
I LIVE IN KAHNAWÀ:KE.
A map shows the location of Kahnawà:Ke in southern Quebec.
[Boing]
Tommy stands beside a two-story house.
[Feet patter]
Tommy says, THIS IS MY
HOUSE. LET'S GO INSIDE.
THIS IS MY FAMILY. MY DAD.
MY SISTER,
IAKOTONHNHETSHERAKÁ:ION.
MY BROTHER, RATONHNHAKÉ:TON.
AND MY MOM. AND ALSO MY DOG.
Tommy sits on a sofa with his family. Tommy’s father waves as text appears beside him. The red text reads, “Dad.” Tommy’s father wears his brown hair short. He wears a red tee-shirt. Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion wears her long brown hair loose over the shoulders of her brown and cream sweater. Text beneath her reads, “Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion.” Ratonhnhaké:Ton wears his brown hair short. He wears a blue tee-shirt. Red text beneath him reads, “Ratonhnhaké:Ton.” Tommy’s mother wears her black hair loose over the shoulders of her red tee-shirt. Purple text beneath her reads, “Mom.” Text beneath a brown, black, and white dog reads, “Apollo.”
[Slide whistles]
Apollo jumps off the sofa.
[Laughter]
Text beneath Tommy reads, “Teiota’Sharià:Kon.” “Broken Knife.” “Tommy.” “Tommy.”
Tommy explains, MY MOHAWK
NAME IS TEIOTA:SHARIÀ:KON
AND IT MEANS BROKEN KNIFE.
MY ENGLISH NAME IS TOMMY
AND ALSO MY DAD'S ENGLISH
NAME IS TOMMY ALSO.
A red, white, and blue plaid bedspread covers a bed by a window.
[Upbeat music plays]
Tommy says, WELCOME TO
MY ROOM.
I HAVE A PIANO AND I'LL
MAKE SOME MUSIC RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS MY NEVERENDING
SONG THAT CAN NEVER END.
Tommy plays a large keyboard.
[Piano music]
Tommy says, MY GRANDPA GAVE
ME THIS KEYBOARD. WHAT THE?
THAT'S ALL THE SONGS I KNOW.
AND THIS IS MY CHESS SET.
I PLAY CHESS WITH MY DAD AND
MY GRANDPA. I REALLY LIKE
PLAYING CHESS SO I HAVE ONE.
Tommy says, THESE ARE THE
CLOTHES THAT I WEAR WHEN
I GO TO KANONHSÉSHNE.
[Upbeat music plays]
Purple text beneath Tommy reads, “Kanonhséshne.” “Longhouse.”
He says, KANONHSÉSHNE
MEANS LONGHOUSE.
THIS IS MY RIBBON SHIRT AND
HERE IS MY BREECH CLOTH.
AND THIS IS MY MEDALLION.
Tommy holds up the blue shirt and holds a blue strip of fabric in front on himself. He holds an embroidered medallion.
Tommy says, IT'S DRAWING
TIME NOW.
I START WITH A PENCIL OUTLINE
AND THEN I DO A DARK OUTLINE.
THIS IS FIRE COMING OUT OF HIS
NOSE. THEN I COLOUR IT. NOW
FOR THE TOP OF THE FIRE.
[Marker scratching]
He says, SOMETIMES I DRAW
WITH MY DAD.
MY DRAWING IS DONE.
Tommy holds up the drawing.
[Paper rustles]
He says, WHEN I GROW UP
I'M GONNA BE AN ARTIST LIKE
MY DAD.
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion sit on the sofa. A beaded Wampum belt lies spreads across a coffee table in front of them. Tommy leans towards a plank of wood with two smaller blocks of wood attached perpendicularly at each end.
Tommy says, MY DAD MADE THIS
WAMPUM BELT.
A voice asks, WHAT IS IT MADE
OUT OF?
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion says, THE
BEADS, THEMSELVES, ARE MADE
OF QUAHOG SHELLS. THAT'S THE
USUAL THING BUT THESE ARE
CLAY BEADS.
Tommy asks, IS THIS A
QUAHOG SHELL?
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion says, YES,
THAT IS A QUAHOG SHELL. QUAHOG
SHELLS ARE ACTUALLY CLAMS.
Text reads, “Quahog.” “Clam.”
[Slide whistles]
Tommy says, HMM!
I THINK THERE ARE MORE THAN
A THOUSAND BEADS AND HE MADE
IT ONE BY ONE. ONE BY ONE.
Tommy asks, WHAT'S SPECIAL
ABOUT A WAMPUM BELT?
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion explains, THE
WAMPUM BELTS ARE CREATED TO
REMEMBER LAWS, AGREEMENTS
AND STORIES.
Tommy says, I THINK IT LOOKS
PRETTY COOL BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
THE LONGHOUSE, BECAUSE OF
THOSE TWO CHIEFS.
Tommy wears a white dobok as he stands on a white mat. A man with a black mask on across from him. The man wears a white dobok with a black belt tied around his waist.
[A man speaks in background]
[Energetic music plays]
Tommy says, THIS IS MY
TAEKWONDO TEACHER, MARK.
Yellow text reads, “Mark.”
[Slide whistle]
Tommy says, I'VE BEEN DOING
TAEKWONDO FOR SIX MONTHS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR
BACK STRAIGHT AND ALSO YOUR
HANDS UP.
[Mark calls out direction, thunk]
Mark says, KEEP GOING.
Tommy kicks a pad. Mark holds the pad in his right hand and backs up each time Tommy kicks it.
Tommy says, THE FOUR BASIC
KICKS ARE FRONT KICK.
ROUND KICK. SIDE KICK.
AND BACK KICK.
Tommy demonstrates each kick.
[Thunking]
Mark says, HIT IT.
Tommy kicks a man-shaped dummy.
Tommy says, BOB IS A PRACTICE
DUMMY FOR EVERY KICK AND
PUNCH AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S HARD WORK TO PRACTICE
BUT IT'S FUN TOO. LIKE, GET
THAT FEELING.
Mark says, CHARI-YUT.
[Soft music plays]
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion stand in a kitchen. Six apples rest on a countertop in front of them.
Tommy says, NOW WE'RE
GONNA MAKE APPLE CRISP.
I'LL TELL YOU ALL THE
INGREDIENTS. BROWN SUGAR,
FLOUR. CINNAMON. OATMEAL.
Tommy measures ingredients into a cup.
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion says, PERFECT.
[Clanking]
Tommy says, AND APPLES.
ALWAYS PEEL AWAY FROM
YOURSELF. I LEARNED THAT
THE HARD WAY ‘CUZ UM...
I CUT MYSELF.
WE HAVE TWO APPLE TREES
AND I'M GONNA PLANT FIVE MORE.
FIRST YOU DO A LAYER OF CRISP.
Tommy’s mother pours the crisp, the mixed ingredients minus the apple slices, into a glass baking pan. Tommy spreads apples on top of the crisp mixture.
Tommy says, HO HO HO HO OH!
AND THEN APPLES AND THEN
ANOTHER LAYER OF CRISP.
LIKE AN APPLE CRISP SANDWICH.
[Oven door shuts]
Tommy says, TIME FOR A TASTE TEST.
[Clank]
Tommy exclaims, I LOVE IT.
Tommy narrates, THE STIRRING
OF THE ASHES CEREMONY, IT'S
PART OF THE MID WINTER CEREMONIES.
Tommy’s father says, YOU'RE
GONNA GO AND OPEN UP
THE STOVE.
YOU'RE GONNA SCOOP AND
THEN TURN IT OVER. OKAY?
[Thunk]
Tommy says, OKAY.
Tommy carefully turns ashes at the bottom of a wood stove.
[Upbeat music plays]
Tommy narrates, THEY USUALLY
TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY BUT IT
DEPENDS ON THE CYCLE OF
THE MOON.
THE STIRRING OF THE ASHES
SYMBOLIZES THE END OF ONE
CYCLE AND THE START OF THE
NEW CYCLE.
IT'S A TIME OF RENEWAL.
WE'RE LIGHTING A FIRE TO START
A NEW CYCLE.
THE REAL CEREMONY HAPPENS
AT THE LONGHOUSE BUT MY DAD
CAN SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE.
Tommy’s father uses a long lighter to start a fire in the woodstove.
[Click]
Tommy says, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
HAVE A PARENT TO START THE FIRE.
I'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR SURE.
HO HO OH OH.
THIS IS HOW YOU SAY WINTER IN
KANIEN'KÉHA.
Tommy holds a sign that reads, “Akohserà:ke.”
[Slide whistle]
Tommy says, AKOHSERÀ:KE.
AKOHSERÀ:KE. WINTER.
Text beneath the sign reads, “Winter.”
[Slide whistle]
Tommy says, NOW LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
[Chimes, upbeat music plays]
Tommy stands on the front porch of his house with a blue shovel in his hand. He looks down at snow-covered steps.
Tommy exclaims, WHOA. THERE'S
A LOT OF SNOW HERE. AT LEAST
I HAVE THE SHOVEL IN MY HAND.
IT SNOWED A LOT LAST NIGHT SO
I DECIDED TO START SHOVELING
THE SNOW.
I LIKE TO USE THE BLUE ONE MORE.
IT'S MY FAVORITE SHOVEL OUT OF
ALL THE SHOVELS I EVEN HAVE.
[Scraping]
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion get on a green sled.
Tommy says, NOW IT'S TIME
TO GO SLEDDING.
[Upbeat music plays]
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion shouts, AAAAH!
I LIKE TO GO SLEDDING WITH
MY SISTER.
Tommy shouts, I CAN'T STEER.
I CAN'T STEER.
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion shouts, AH!
[Laughter, scraping]
Tommy says, THANKS FOR VISITING.
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion wave.
They shout, O:NEN!
End credits roll.
“An Apartment Eleven Production.
Produced in Association with TVOkids.”
[Raven caws]
Text reads, “TVOkids”
Child says, WEEE!
[Giggling]
Text reads, “Apartment Eleven Productions.”
[Squeak, ding, ding]
[Upbeat music plays]
A narrator says, SAY HELLO
TO TOMMY. HE LOVES TO DRAW.
Tommy holds up a drawing.
[Rustling paper]
Tommy says, MY DRAWING
IS DONE.
Tommy holds a blue and white shirt against his body and stretches out his arms.
The narrator says, HE HAS A
SPECIAL SHIRT JUST FOR
CEREMONIES. AND REALLY KICKS
IN TAEKWONDO.
LET'S GO!
Tommy and another child ride a sled down a snowy hill.
[Panting, skidding]
Photographs of children hang on an animated clothesline in front of animated foothills, mountains, and the sun. Text reads, “Raven’s Quest.”
[Birds chirp, raven caws, upbeat music plays]
Tommy sits on a snowbank. Text beside Tommy reads, “Teiota’Sharià:Kon.”
Tommy says, HI, MY NAME
IS TEIOTA'SHARIA:KON
AND I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD.
I'M A KANIEN'KEHÀ:KA AND
I LIVE IN KAHNAWÀ:KE.
A map shows the location of Kahnawà:Ke in southern Quebec.
[Boing]
Tommy stands beside a two-story house.
[Feet patter]
Tommy says, THIS IS MY
HOUSE. LET'S GO INSIDE.
THIS IS MY FAMILY. MY DAD.
MY SISTER,
IAKOTONHNHETSHERAKÁ:ION.
MY BROTHER, RATONHNHAKÉ:TON.
AND MY MOM. AND ALSO MY DOG.
Tommy sits on a sofa with his family. Tommy’s father waves as text appears beside him. The red text reads, “Dad.” Tommy’s father wears his brown hair short. He wears a red tee-shirt. Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion wears her long brown hair loose over the shoulders of her brown and cream sweater. Text beneath her reads, “Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion.” Ratonhnhaké:Ton wears his brown hair short. He wears a blue tee-shirt. Red text beneath him reads, “Ratonhnhaké:Ton.” Tommy’s mother wears her black hair loose over the shoulders of her red tee-shirt. Purple text beneath her reads, “Mom.” Text beneath a brown, black, and white dog reads, “Apollo.”
[Slide whistles]
Apollo jumps off the sofa.
[Laughter]
Text beneath Tommy reads, “Teiota’Sharià:Kon.” “Broken Knife.” “Tommy.” “Tommy.”
Tommy explains, MY MOHAWK
NAME IS TEIOTA:SHARIÀ:KON
AND IT MEANS BROKEN KNIFE.
MY ENGLISH NAME IS TOMMY
AND ALSO MY DAD'S ENGLISH
NAME IS TOMMY ALSO.
A red, white, and blue plaid bedspread covers a bed by a window.
[Upbeat music plays]
Tommy says, WELCOME TO
MY ROOM.
I HAVE A PIANO AND I'LL
MAKE SOME MUSIC RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS MY NEVERENDING
SONG THAT CAN NEVER END.
Tommy plays a large keyboard.
[Piano music]
Tommy says, MY GRANDPA GAVE
ME THIS KEYBOARD. WHAT THE?
THAT'S ALL THE SONGS I KNOW.
AND THIS IS MY CHESS SET.
I PLAY CHESS WITH MY DAD AND
MY GRANDPA. I REALLY LIKE
PLAYING CHESS SO I HAVE ONE.
Tommy says, THESE ARE THE
CLOTHES THAT I WEAR WHEN
I GO TO KANONHSÉSHNE.
[Upbeat music plays]
Purple text beneath Tommy reads, “Kanonhséshne.” “Longhouse.”
He says, KANONHSÉSHNE
MEANS LONGHOUSE.
THIS IS MY RIBBON SHIRT AND
HERE IS MY BREECH CLOTH.
AND THIS IS MY MEDALLION.
Tommy holds up the blue shirt and holds a blue strip of fabric in front on himself. He holds an embroidered medallion.
Tommy says, IT'S DRAWING
TIME NOW.
I START WITH A PENCIL OUTLINE
AND THEN I DO A DARK OUTLINE.
THIS IS FIRE COMING OUT OF HIS
NOSE. THEN I COLOUR IT. NOW
FOR THE TOP OF THE FIRE.
[Marker scratching]
He says, SOMETIMES I DRAW
WITH MY DAD.
MY DRAWING IS DONE.
Tommy holds up the drawing.
[Paper rustles]
He says, WHEN I GROW UP
I'M GONNA BE AN ARTIST LIKE
MY DAD.
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion sit on the sofa. A beaded Wampum belt lies spreads across a coffee table in front of them. Tommy leans towards a plank of wood with two smaller blocks of wood attached perpendicularly at each end.
Tommy says, MY DAD MADE THIS
WAMPUM BELT.
A voice asks, WHAT IS IT MADE
OUT OF?
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion says, THE
BEADS, THEMSELVES, ARE MADE
OF QUAHOG SHELLS. THAT'S THE
USUAL THING BUT THESE ARE
CLAY BEADS.
Tommy asks, IS THIS A
QUAHOG SHELL?
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion says, YES,
THAT IS A QUAHOG SHELL. QUAHOG
SHELLS ARE ACTUALLY CLAMS.
Text reads, “Quahog.” “Clam.”
[Slide whistles]
Tommy says, HMM!
I THINK THERE ARE MORE THAN
A THOUSAND BEADS AND HE MADE
IT ONE BY ONE. ONE BY ONE.
Tommy asks, WHAT'S SPECIAL
ABOUT A WAMPUM BELT?
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion explains, THE
WAMPUM BELTS ARE CREATED TO
REMEMBER LAWS, AGREEMENTS
AND STORIES.
Tommy says, I THINK IT LOOKS
PRETTY COOL BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
THE LONGHOUSE, BECAUSE OF
THOSE TWO CHIEFS.
Tommy wears a white dobok as he stands on a white mat. A man with a black mask on across from him. The man wears a white dobok with a black belt tied around his waist.
[A man speaks in background]
[Energetic music plays]
Tommy says, THIS IS MY
TAEKWONDO TEACHER, MARK.
Yellow text reads, “Mark.”
[Slide whistle]
Tommy says, I'VE BEEN DOING
TAEKWONDO FOR SIX MONTHS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR
BACK STRAIGHT AND ALSO YOUR
HANDS UP.
[Mark calls out direction, thunk]
Mark says, KEEP GOING.
Tommy kicks a pad. Mark holds the pad in his right hand and backs up each time Tommy kicks it.
Tommy says, THE FOUR BASIC
KICKS ARE FRONT KICK.
ROUND KICK. SIDE KICK.
AND BACK KICK.
Tommy demonstrates each kick.
[Thunking]
Mark says, HIT IT.
Tommy kicks a man-shaped dummy.
Tommy says, BOB IS A PRACTICE
DUMMY FOR EVERY KICK AND
PUNCH AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S HARD WORK TO PRACTICE
BUT IT'S FUN TOO. LIKE, GET
THAT FEELING.
Mark says, CHARI-YUT.
[Soft music plays]
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion stand in a kitchen. Six apples rest on a countertop in front of them.
Tommy says, NOW WE'RE
GONNA MAKE APPLE CRISP.
I'LL TELL YOU ALL THE
INGREDIENTS. BROWN SUGAR,
FLOUR. CINNAMON. OATMEAL.
Tommy measures ingredients into a cup.
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion says, PERFECT.
[Clanking]
Tommy says, AND APPLES.
ALWAYS PEEL AWAY FROM
YOURSELF. I LEARNED THAT
THE HARD WAY ‘CUZ UM...
I CUT MYSELF.
WE HAVE TWO APPLE TREES
AND I'M GONNA PLANT FIVE MORE.
FIRST YOU DO A LAYER OF CRISP.
Tommy’s mother pours the crisp, the mixed ingredients minus the apple slices, into a glass baking pan. Tommy spreads apples on top of the crisp mixture.
Tommy says, HO HO HO HO OH!
AND THEN APPLES AND THEN
ANOTHER LAYER OF CRISP.
LIKE AN APPLE CRISP SANDWICH.
[Oven door shuts]
Tommy says, TIME FOR A TASTE TEST.
[Clank]
Tommy exclaims, I LOVE IT.
Tommy narrates, THE STIRRING
OF THE ASHES CEREMONY, IT'S
PART OF THE MID WINTER CEREMONIES.
Tommy’s father says, YOU'RE
GONNA GO AND OPEN UP
THE STOVE.
YOU'RE GONNA SCOOP AND
THEN TURN IT OVER. OKAY?
[Thunk]
Tommy says, OKAY.
Tommy carefully turns ashes at the bottom of a wood stove.
[Upbeat music plays]
Tommy narrates, THEY USUALLY
TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY BUT IT
DEPENDS ON THE CYCLE OF
THE MOON.
THE STIRRING OF THE ASHES
SYMBOLIZES THE END OF ONE
CYCLE AND THE START OF THE
NEW CYCLE.
IT'S A TIME OF RENEWAL.
WE'RE LIGHTING A FIRE TO START
A NEW CYCLE.
THE REAL CEREMONY HAPPENS
AT THE LONGHOUSE BUT MY DAD
CAN SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE.
Tommy’s father uses a long lighter to start a fire in the woodstove.
[Click]
Tommy says, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
HAVE A PARENT TO START THE FIRE.
I'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR SURE.
HO HO OH OH.
THIS IS HOW YOU SAY WINTER IN
KANIEN'KÉHA.
Tommy holds a sign that reads, “Akohserà:ke.”
[Slide whistle]
Tommy says, AKOHSERÀ:KE.
AKOHSERÀ:KE. WINTER.
Text beneath the sign reads, “Winter.”
[Slide whistle]
Tommy says, NOW LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
[Chimes, upbeat music plays]
Tommy stands on the front porch of his house with a blue shovel in his hand. He looks down at snow-covered steps.
Tommy exclaims, WHOA. THERE'S
A LOT OF SNOW HERE. AT LEAST
I HAVE THE SHOVEL IN MY HAND.
IT SNOWED A LOT LAST NIGHT SO
I DECIDED TO START SHOVELING
THE SNOW.
I LIKE TO USE THE BLUE ONE MORE.
IT'S MY FAVORITE SHOVEL OUT OF
ALL THE SHOVELS I EVEN HAVE.
[Scraping]
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion get on a green sled.
Tommy says, NOW IT'S TIME
TO GO SLEDDING.
[Upbeat music plays]
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion shouts, AAAAH!
I LIKE TO GO SLEDDING WITH
MY SISTER.
Tommy shouts, I CAN'T STEER.
I CAN'T STEER.
Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion shouts, AH!
[Laughter, scraping]
Tommy says, THANKS FOR VISITING.
Tommy and Iakotonhnhetsheraká:Ion wave.
They shout, O:NEN!
End credits roll.
“An Apartment Eleven Production.
Produced in Association with TVOkids.”
[Raven caws]
Text reads, “TVOkids”
Child says, WEEE!
[Giggling]
Text reads, “Apartment Eleven Productions.”
[Squeak, ding, ding]
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