Being Caribou

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Being Caribou
Directed by Leanne Allison
Diana Wilson
Produced by Tracey Friesen
Written by Leanne Allison
Diana Wilson
Starring Leanne Allison
Karsten Heuer
Music by Dennis Burke
Editing by Janice Brown
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada
Release date(s) 2004
Running time 72 minutes
Country Canada
Language English
Followed by Finding Farley
(in production)
Official website
IMDb profile

Being Caribou is a 2004 documentary film that chronicles the travels of husband and wife Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison following the migration of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. The journey lasted 5 months, starting from the community of Old Crow, Yukon on April 8, 2003 and ending September 8th. The film is produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

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[edit] Synopsis

Allison, an environmentalist, and Heuer, a wildlife biologist, follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, across 1,500 kilometres (900 Miles) of Arctic tundra, in order to raise awareness of threats to the caribou's survival.[1] At stake is the herd's delicate habitat, which is threatened by proposed petroleum and natural gas development in the herd's calving grounds in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

[edit] Awards

Winner of approximately 20 awards and honours, including a Genie Award and most popular Canadian film at the Vancouver International Film Festival..[2]

[edit] Sequel

In 2007, Heuer, Allison and two-year-old child will paddle, portage, and sail for six months across Canada to meet writer Farley Mowat for an upcoming film, Finding Farley. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hattam, Jennifer. Being Caribou (HTML). A Real Refuge. Sierra Club. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  2. ^ Awards (HTML). Being Caribou NFB Web page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.

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