Death of a Legend (1971)

Directed by

Bill Mason

Genre

nature documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

49 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the true behavior of wolves, contrasting their real lives with the myths that portray them as evil. Using rare footage, it shows their life cycle, social structure, and their role in keeping nature balanced.

informativeobservationalcontemplativeneutraleducationaleye-openingunsentimental

What happens

Death of a Legend is a 1971 documentary directed by Bill Mason for National Film Board of Canada. The film is about wolves and the negative myths surrounding the animal. It helps to dispel the image of wolves as "evil" and demonstrates their role in maintaining the balance of nature. Exceptional footage portrays the wolf's life cycle, the social organization of the pack, and offers glimpses of caribou, moose, deer and buffalo. It was the first documentary to feature footage of wolves being born in the wild, and of their first year of life. Death of the Legend was followed two years later by Mason's feature-length theatrical documentary on wolves, Cry of the Wild, also for the NFB, which screened throughout North America and earned $5. million. In 1974, Mason completed his third and final film on wolves, Wolf Pack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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