CIFF 2024 Red Carpet: Singing Back the Buffalo

CIFF 2024 Red Carpet: Singing Back the Buffalo

When

September 21, 2024    
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Who

Calgary International Film Festival

Where

The Plaza Theatre
1133 Kensington Road NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 3P4, Kensington

Event Type

Director Tasha Hubbard will be walking the red carpet for her film, SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO, at the Plaza Theatre.

Together with Blackfoot Elder Leroy Little Bear, award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard (nîpawistamâsowin: WE WILL STAND UP, CIFF 2019) weaves an intimate story of humanity’s connections to the buffalo and meticulously reveals how their return to the Great Plains can usher in a new era of sustainability and balance. On her journey, Hubbard explores the challenges faced by buffalo allies and shares the positive steps already taken towards the ultimate – but uncertain – goal of buffalo rematriation.

Richly visualized and deeply uplifting, SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO is an epic reimagining of North America through the lens of buffalo consciousness and a potent dream of what is within our grasp. After a dark recent history, the buffalo herds of North America are awaiting their return, aided by dedicated Indigenous activists, leaders and communities. In a time of immense environmental degradation and global uncertainty, they argue that the buffalo can lead us to a better tomorrow.

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