Some might think Winnipeg-based Cree astronomer Wilfred Buck came to the sciences by accident. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Some might think Winnipeg-based Cree astronomer Wilfred Buck came to the sciences by accident. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Some might think Winnipeg-based Cree astronomer Wilfred Buck came to the sciences by accident.
Others might say his journey was written in the stars. Directed by Lisa Jackson Dave Barber Cinematheque Opens Friday, runs to Sunday 96 minutes Tickets $10 at Buck’s story is told in Toronto-based Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson’s feature documentary , a funny, sad and ultimately inspiring look at Buck’s extraordinary life. The film — which includes present-day footage, archival material and cinematic re-enactments — follows Buck from his humble beginnings in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the vicinity of The Pas to his current status as an in-demand speaker and educator, taking his lessons from education centres, such as Harvard, to remote reserves, where Buck employs an inflatable planetarium to educate kids about the cosmos.
It’s a film that reveals a lot, an achievement in itself, since Buck, 69, impresses as a private, retiring man, even in the midst of the film’s North American première at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto in April. Speaking with a reporter in a conference room at the National Film Board’s office in do.
