BISONHEAD
A family of Ponderai Native Americans embark on a controversial journey through Yellowstone to exercise their treaty hunting rights. Bisonhead glimpses into the continued marginalization of indigenous life in the American West, and challenges our expectations of what it means to assert a tribal heritage in the modern world.
“Bisonhead glimpses into the continued marginalization of indigenous life in the American West, and challenges our expectations of what it means to assert a tribal heritage in the modern world.”
Fandor
“A quietly devastating glimpse into the modern indigenous struggle, focused just as intently on the snowy land and sturdy bison, as it is on the faces of the native tribe. Rendered with a non-showy compassion, director Elizabeth Lo pairs poetic visuals of Yellowstone with a haunting wind-swept soundscape to gracefully document the gutted native culture attempting to persevere.”
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2016 True/False Film Festival
2016 BAMcinemaFest
2016 AFI DOCS
2016 DOC NYC
2016 San Francisco Film Society Doc Stories
2016 Ann Arbor Film Festival
2016 Los Angeles Film Festival
2016 Telluride Mountainfilm
2016 Camden International Film Festival
2016 Ashland Independent Film Festival
2016 Images Festival, Toronto
2016 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
2016 San Diego Asian Film Festival
2016 Denver Film Festival
2017 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Native Cinema Showcase
2017 NoBudge.com
2017 Fandor.com