description Bear 71 Overview
Bear 71 is a 2012 interactive web documentary created by filmmakers Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes with the National Film Board of Canada. It reconstructs the life of a female grizzly bear in Banff National Park that was tagged and monitored from 2001 to 2009, combining trail-camera images, video, mapping, and first-person narration voiced by Mia Kirshner. The work examines how roads, development, surveillance technology, and human activity affect wildlife.
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What does the number 71 refer to in Bear 71?
Bear 71 is the identification label given to the female grizzly at the center of the project. The 2012 interactive documentary reconstructs her life from tracking data gathered in Banff National Park.
When was the bear monitored?
The bear was tagged and monitored from 2001 to 2009. Those years of tracking form the factual base for the interactive story by Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes.
Is Bear 71 a conventional wildlife documentary?
No. It is a 2012 interactive web documentary made with the National Film Board of Canada, combining trail-camera material, data, and web exploration. The viewer navigates the experience instead of only watching a fixed television film.
Where does Bear 71 take place?
The project is set in and around Banff National Park in Alberta, where the grizzly was tracked. Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes use that real habitat to examine how roads, people, and wildlife share the landscape.
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