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New Ken Burns film explores the life and legacy of the American Buffalo

Filmmaker Ken Burns joins Radio Boston to discuss his new film "The American Buffalo" which explores the life and legacy of the country's national mammal. The film tells the story of the role of the Buffalo in Indigenous life, its systemic destruction at the hands of white Europeans and the eventual efforts to save the animal from extinction.
This segment aired on October 9, 2023.

