Ken Burns
Director
The American Buffalo (2023)
Miniseries
The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world—and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.
Released Oct. 16, 2023
Episode 118 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, History
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Watch Providers: Hoopla, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, KQED, WETA+
Production Companies: Florentine Films, WETA, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Blood Memory
For untold generations, America's national mammal sustained the lives of Native people, whose cultures were intertwined with the animal. Newcomers to the continent bring a different view of the natural world, and the buffalo are driven to the brink of extinction.
Oct. 16, 2023, midnight
S1E2 - Into the Storm
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is teetering on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.
Oct. 17, 2023, midnight
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118 min/ep
237 min
Oct. 16, 2023
Oct. 17, 2023, midnight
Ended
TV-14 / 14+
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