‘Four Souls of Coyote’ Review: From Hungary Comes a Soulful Rendering of Native American Origin Stories
variety.comCarlos Aguilar Every culture has its creation myths, from the Mayans’ “Popol Vuh” to the two separate accounts contained in the Judeo-Christian book of Genesis.
The commonality across latitudes is the desire to make sense of our presence in this plane of existence, to understand ourselves in the context of a larger plan written by the hand of a higher power.
With distinctly stylized animation, the Hungarian feature “Four Souls of Coyote” from director Áron Gauder retells another version of events, focused on how Turtle Island (what’s now known as North America) and the creatures that inhabit it, including humans, came to be.
The tale is shared among multiple Northeastern Indigenous peoples in this continent. The frame narrative occurs in the present.
Read more on variety.com
