National Film Board of Canada
Review link
Wilfred Buck has found a home, and his story can be seen on Crave. As for when this documentary will hit HBO because this Canadian streaming service also includes their content, I assume it will be broadcast on other networks too. That may start next year. That way, fellow stargazers can look at why his passion for exploring what twinkles on the night sky can be passed on to another generation.
And where he goes are towns and campuses singing a special tune. While I like to call him a fellow Traveling Wilbury, he’s more of a scholar than musician. What he offers are stories about the constellations according to his native indian beliefs.
This documentary by Lisa Jackson looks at his life and times, and brings them to light as he becomes a member of the larger astronomical community, and I’m sure Carl Sagan would be proud. For a full review, please follow this link.
Winner – Top 5 Audience Favourite
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | Toronto 2024
Special Jury Mention for the Colin Low Award
for Best Canadian Director at DOXA 2024
Director’s Statement on Wilfred Buck:
When I set out to make this film, I thought I’d encounter a dialogue between Western and Indigenous perspectives on the stars and science. But what I found was that Western knowledge and Indigenous knowledge have only just introduced themselves. And though there is a growing recognition of TEK (or Traditional Ecological Knowledge), the mainstream categorization of rational thought and quantifiable data as completely separate from other ways of knowing is a barrier. There may be a willingness to listen, but there remains a gulf in language and worldviews. I hope this film can be an invitation for that dialogue to begin.
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