The American Buffalo

2023

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The American Buffalo

8.4 | TV-14 | en | Crime

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Blood Memory

Oct. 16,2023

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.

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EP2 Into the Storm

Oct. 17,2023

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.

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8.4 | TV-14 | en | Crime , Documentary , War & Politics | More Info

Released: 2023-10-16 | Released Producted By: Florentine Films , WETA Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-buffalo/

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Genre

Crime , Documentary , War & Politics

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The American Buffalo (2023) is now streaming with subscription on PBS America

Cast

N. Scott Momaday , Peter Coyote , Adam Arkin , Tantoo Cardinal , Tokala Black Elk , Jeff Daniels

Director

Buddy Squires

Producted By

Florentine Films , WETA

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Crew

N. Scott Momaday

as Narrator (voice)

The American Buffalo The West

Peter Coyote

as Narrator (voice)

The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today The American Revolution Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder Bad Faith The Program L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste Against All Enemies Fields of Gold The American Buffalo

Adam Arkin

as (voice)

Transplant The American Buffalo The U.S. and the Holocaust Pig In Security 10 Cent Pistol The Sessions Just Peck Prohibition Summer Eleven

Tantoo Cardinal

as (voice)

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood Inkwo for When the Starving Return Echo An Ode for Leviticus The American Buffalo Killers of the Flower Moon Wendell & Wild The Last Manhunt ONI: Thunder God's Tale Back Home Again

Tokala Black Elk

as (voice)

Happy's Place The American Buffalo 13 Minutes A Dark Foe Valley of the Gods The Bygone Wind River Imprint Skins

Jeff Daniels

as (voice)

Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words A Man in Full Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story The American Buffalo The Saint of Second Chances Bye Bye Barry Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age American Rust Hemingway 9/11: Inside the President's War Room