Paul Kane Goes West (1972)

Release Date: 1972-01-01
Runtime: 0h 14min
Production Company: ONF | NFB
Production Country: Canada
Director: Gerald Budner

This short documentary showcases the work Paul Kane painted in the Canadian northwest in the mid-1800s. Travelling overland west to the Pacific in the mid-1800s, Kane immortalized the area’s great Indigenous Peoples, Chiefs, ceremonies, war parties, buffalo hunts, rapids and waterfalls. In this film, his canvases are projected with lighting that brings to life every glowing detail.