A BUFFALO STORY follows the work of Jason Baldes, the Tribal Buffalo Manager on the Wind River Reservation, whose efforts to help people believe in buffalo again require him to confront his own trauma. Providing vital historical context and revealing the spectacular and intricate grassland ecosystems of buffalo country, A BUFFALO STORY examines the forces and mindsets which undermine humanity's ancient relationship to buffalo and how those ecosystems can be reimagined today.
Q&A with director Colin Ruggiero to follow the screening!
Content warning: Depiction/discussion of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and trauma.