The Last Buffalo Hunt

Filmstill The Last Buffalo Hunt

The Last Buffalo Hunt

The Last Buffalo Hunt
Lee Anne Schmitt, Lee Lynch
Hommage: Lee Anne Schmitt
Documentary Film
USA
2011
76 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

In her second feature-length film, Lee Anne Schmitt leaves California behind to explore the disparate influences that have shaped life in Utah’s Henry Mountains, home to one of the country’s last remaining bison herds, which are hunted to this day. Hewing closer to pure observation than much of the rest of her work, Schmitt and her roving camera stick tightly to the everyday rhythms of the contemporary cowboys who organise these now touristic hunts. The images of buffalos being shot at close range, disembowelled or stuffed speak for themselves, as do the endless landscapes, stubborn iconography of the former Wild West and the story of the Native American dream recounted in voice-over: the impossible return to a land never again empty.


James Lattimer

Contains depictions of violence against animals

Screenings & Tickets DOK Leipzig Logo

29.10.
#372
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
The Wash + The Last Buffalo Hunt
During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes
29.10.2025
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#372
The Wash + The Last Buffalo Hunt
During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes
Calendar

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Lee Anne Schmitt, Lee Lynch
Cinematographer
Lee Anne Schmitt
Editor
Lee Anne Schmitt
Producer
Lee Anne Schmitt

Contact DOK Leipzig Logo

Main Contact
Lee Anne Schmitt
leeanneschmitt@gmail.com