‘The American Buffalo’ traces fall and rise of a ‘sacred relationship’
Oct 16, 2023 12:56PM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, left unveils his new series, "The American Buffalo," about the devastation of the buffalo herds in America and their return to Native lands. Comanche filmmaker Jennifer Brannum, right, directed and produced a companion short film, "Homecoming," that will air with the two-part series, which premieres on PBS on Oct. 16-17, 2023. (Photo by Steve Holmes, courtesy of PBS)
By Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT - October 16, 2023
By Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT - October 16, 2023
In a sweeping two-part, four-hour film, master documentary filmmaker Ken Burns tells the story of the near-extinction and Indigenous-fueled return of the American buffalo, an animal that transcends mere existence and rises to spiritual being for Native communities.
Premiering on PBS on Oct. 16-17, the series, “The American Buffalo,” takes viewers on a journey through more than 12,000 years of North American history and across the continent’s vast landscapes, tracing the mammal’s evolution, its significance to the Great Plains and its relationship to the Indigenous people of North America.
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