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This is a very short film, about 7 minutes long, which is best described as an animated poem about the fires at Yellowstone National Park in 1988. It’s very artistic and a wonderful visual and literary representation of this historical event. While there are ample details of the fires on the producer’s site, these are not present within the film; it’s clearly not intended to be a documentary. Due to the very short run time, it would be easy to fit into most any class time, with ample room for discussion. In the classroom it would make a great example of a way to communicate science or even history to a very broad audience. It could easily be held up as a good example project of a short, but powerful video, that students might aim to create as a project for a course. It would work well in a film studies, poetry, or a history of the National Parks course. Captions are available in the streaming format.

Awards:
Oceanside Int Film Festival 2023, Best Animation; Media Film Festival 2023, The Golden Trolley Award; Blissfest Poetry in Motion 2023, Best Animation; Sydney Indie Short Festival, Semi Finalist; Sandbar Int Film Festival 2022, Honorable Mention; Rotterdam Independent Film Festival 2022, Award Winner; Jackson Wild Media Awards 2022, Finalist; Kyiv Indie Fest 2022, Best Documentary; Cannes Indie Short Awards 2022, Semi Finalist; Vienna Indie Short Film Festival 2022, Semi Finalist; Tryon Int Film Festival 2022, Best Animated Short Film; World Houston Int Film Festival 2022, Special Jury Remi Award; Chesapeake Film Festival 2022, Best Animation Award; Denali Film Festival 2022, Best Animation Award; Vaasa Wildlife Festival 2022, Finalist; Hamburg Indie Film Festival 2022, Best Short Animation; Good Natured Short Film Festival 2022, Life on Earth Award; Int Cosmopolitan Film Festival Tokyo 2022, Winner Best Sound Design - all categories; Sevilla Indie Film Festival 2022, Best Animated Short; Boulder Int Film Festival 2022, Best Animated Short Film Award; Thomas Edison Film Festival 2022, Jury Choice Award; San Francisco Indie Fest 2022, Special Jury Award for Spirit of the Environment; Accolade Global Film Competition 2021, Best Animated Short Film Award; The IndieFEST Film Awards 2021, Award of Excellence; Overcome Film Festival 2021, Best Voice Actor & Best Audio Narrative Poetry Film; Feedback Animation Film Festival 2021, Winner Best Sound and Music

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