Bear 71

Bear 71
Directed byLeanne Allison, Jeremy Mendes
Written byJ.B. MacKinnon
Narrated byMia Kirshner
Release date
  • 2012 (2012)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$350,000

Bear 71 is a 20-minute 2012 interactive National Film Board of Canada (NFB) web documentary by Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes about a female grizzly bear in Banff National Park named Bear 71, who had a tracking collar implanted at the age of three and was watched via trail cameras in the park from 2001 to 2009.[1][2][3] The documentary follows the bear, exploring the connections between the human and animal world, and the far-ranging effects that human settlements, roads and railways have on wildlife.[2]

  1. ^ "THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN HUMANS, ANIMALS AND TECHNOLOGY". National Film Board of Canada.
  2. ^ a b Makarechi, Kia (24 January 2012). "'Bear 71': Interactive Film At Sundance Tells Dark Side Of Human Interaction With Wildlife". HuffPost.
  3. ^ "Alberta filmmaker tracks female grizzly in documentary". CBC News. 11 July 2012.