Nuisance Bear
20215.0movie
Documentary study of the polar bears who draw tourists to Churchill, Manitoba.
Documentary study of the polar bears who draw tourists to Churchill, Manitoba.
Werner Herzog’s recent Ghost Elephants is a good example, rendered poetic by its marriage of conservation biology with inquiring philosophical contemplation. Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Nuisance Bear does something similar by looking at the compromised conditions for polar bears in the Canadian Arctic alongside the heavy costs of Western commercial settlement to the Inuit people who have co-existed with the majestic predators for 4,000 years.
In the process, Nuisance Bear finds meaningful connections between all three groups while subtly illustrating the tensions between them that remain unresolved. Engrossing images and compelling themes
