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Bison (2015)

Bison poster
Directed by
Kevan Funk
Country
Canada
Runtime
12 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man helps brand cattle on a ranch. He makes an unsettling discovery that reveals the violence of colonialism.

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What happens

Bison is a Canadian short film, directed by Kevan Funk and released in 2014. A critique of colonialism, the film stars Dylan Playfair as a young man who makes an unsettling discovery while helping to brand cattle on a ranch. The cast also includes Tyler Burrows, James Michel, Kody Abrahamson, Derek Abrahamson and Kurt Max Runte. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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