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Au pays des esprits

2010, 4 minutes
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.
Media type
Alternate titles

Home of the Buffalo

Country of origin

Canada

Filming locations

Canada

Ontario, Canada

Québec, Canada

Technical specs

Colour

digital

Languages

Thai/ภาษาไทย

Subtitle languages

English/English

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
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
References
Information contributed by the artist to the TMP