Age of the Buffalo

196414 minFilm: Documentary, Animation

Direction: Austin Campbell

Production: Austin CampbellNicholas Balla

Script: Charles Cohen

A vivid recollection of the free west of the North American Indigenous Peoples and the vast herds of buffalo that once thundered across the plains. From paintings of the mid-1800s, the animation camera creates a most convincing picture of the buffalo hunt, both as the Indigenous People and, disastrously, the white hunters practised it.

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Subject categories


  • Environment and Conservation > AnimalsEndangered SpeciesIndigenous ConcernsPrairies
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Fur Trades, Hunting and TrappingHistoryPrairies
  • Foreign Countries > Historical PerspectivesUnited States
  • Animals > Hunting and TrappingIndigenous ConcernsMammalsStories
  • History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Indigenous PeoplesWestern Canada
  • Indigenous Peoples outside Canada > United States

Credits


director
Austin Campbell
producer
Austin Campbell
executive producer
Nicholas Balla
script
Charles Cohen
photography
Wolf Koenig
animation camera
James Wilson
Murray Fallen
re-recording
Ron Alexander
music
Eldon Rathburn

Awards


  • Wrangler Trophy - First Prize - Category: Documentary FilmsWestern Heritage Awards
  • Honourable Mention - Silver MedalInternational Children's Film Festival