Being Caribou

Being Caribou

Infobox Film
name = Being Caribou


image_size =
caption =
director = Leanne Allison
Diana Wilson
producer = Tracey Friesen
writer = Leanne Allison
Diana Wilson
narrator =
starring = Leanne Allison
Karsten Heuer
music = Dennis Burke
cinematography =
editing = Janice Brown
distributor = National Film Board of Canada
released = 2004
runtime = 72 minutes
country = Canada
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by = "Finding Farley"
(in production)
website = http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=51499
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0468452

"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.

ynopsis

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. [cite web
last = Hattam
first = Jennifer
title = Being Caribou
work = A Real Refuge
publisher = Sierra Club
url = http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200603/refuge.asp
format = HTML
accessdate = 2008-03-11] 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.

Awards

Winner of approximately 20 awards and honours, including a Genie Award and most popular Canadian film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.. [cite web
title = Awards
work = Being Caribou NFB Web page
publisher = National Film Board of Canada
url = http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=51499#ff-prix | format = HTML
accessdate = 2008-03-11]

equel

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". [http://www.necessaryjourneys.ca/]

References

External links

*imdb title|0468452
* [http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=51499 NFB Web page (includes info on Canada screenings)]
* [http://www.necessaryjourneys.ca/beingcaribou/index.html Leanne Allison and Karsten Heuer's Web site]


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