男孩哈里随父亲参加捕猎棕熊的活动。在猎人们成功捕获了两只小棕熊后，哈里被突然袭击的母棕熊叼走，成了“人质”。在与母棕熊的朝夕相处中，哈里和棕熊竟成了好朋友。为了使棕熊母子团聚，哈里赶回营地，企图说服猎手们放了小熊，却遭到了曾被母熊咬伤的猎手吉内的强烈反对……

当一名律师失去了阻止伐木公司砍伐美洲原住民土地的上诉时，一名印第安人激进分子将他和被绑架的伐木工厂经理拖进了森林。律师的空谈是关于公司的贪婪应该受到怎样的惩罚，这是亚瑟的残酷行为，他以寓言的方式折磨经理，模仿伐木者对森林的所作所为。

A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.

Two women attending a women's seminar on personal development walk out in acute embarrassment during the introduction. They meet up with a woman who arrived too late to be admitted. Thrown together by chance, they discuss their emotional lives in intimate detail.