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Au pays des esprits
2010, 4 minutes
Media type
Alternate titles

Home of the Buffalo

Country of origin

Canada

Production company

L'INIS: L'institut national de l'image et du son

Filming locations

Québec, Canada

Ontario, Canada

Technical specs

B/W

digital

Languages

French/français

Subtitle languages

English/English

Content Warnings
colonialism
Images
An archival black and white photograph of an elderly man in the the Canadian prairies, circa 1920-1940. The man has long light hair and a long light beard, and he wears a black coat. The stairs of a homestead are visible in the background.
Description

An operatic quest between father and child, between two genders and among colonial & Indigenous territories. An autobiographical film featuring found footage from the National Film Board’s archive.

Information contributed by the artist to the TMP

Home of the Buffalo is a haunting and lyrical film made with archival images (dated between 1920-1940) from the Canadian prairies, timed to a narration about a trans kid’s relationship to his father, and his family’s relationship to the Great Plains, as a territory and as a colonial project.

VUCAVU. “Au Pays Des Esprits (Home of the Buffalo).” Accessed January 31, 2024. http://vucavu.com/en/canadian-filmmakers-distribution-centre/2009/au-pays-des-esprits-(home-of-the-buffalo).

Cast & Crew
Crew
Distribution
Copyright
Under Copyright (All Rights Reserved) Rémy Huberdeau, 2009
Funded By
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
L'inis
References
Information contributed by the artist to the TMP