In this part detective story and part art history, Cree Director/Subject Neil Diamond undertakes a journey to retrieve First Nations Indigenous ceremonial masks from collectors and museums around the world, helping return them to the Yup’ik native people of Canada. He traces the origins and spiritual meanings of the masks, their historical influence on the Surrealist art movement, and the role that former Sedona resident artist Max Ernst played in introducing Indigenous mask influenced art during the very beginnings of the Surrealist movement.
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