There are not many places left in the world where an explorer can boldly go "where no one has gone before," yet filmmaker Leeann Allison and her husband, Karsten Heuer, found such a place: the northwest Canadian Yukon territory and the northeastern corner of Alaska where tens of thousands of caribou migrate, mate and bear their calves. Allison and Heuer follow the 1,500-kilometer migration of the caribou on foot through the alternately frozen and brittle, then bug-infested wilderness from April through September. For most of this time they are the only human beings in that vast expanse. Their goal: Bring the story of caribou migration to the White House to make a case against drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Spectacular photography and the compelling tale of man and woman working with nature make this a fascinating film. (Randi Minetor)

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Directors/Writers: Leanne Allison, Diana Wilson
Producer: Tracey Friesen

Leanne Allison's journey with the caribou is not her first expedition-- in 1998, she and Karsten Heuer hiked 3,400 kilometers from Yellowstone to the Yukon to highlight the need for Rocky Mpuntain wildlife corridors. She was also part of the first all-women's expedition to the top of Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan. An emerging filmmaker, Allison worked with glaciologists and avalanche scientists in Antarctica and BC's Caribou Mountains. BEING CARIBOU is her first feature length film.

Diana Wilson is an independent producer and director whose previous credits include producing and co-writing the hour-long documentary 100% WOMAN, and associate producing the Leo Award-winning documentary CULTURE JAM: HIJACKING COMMERCIAL CULTURE. Diana is currently producing her first dramatic short, KATHLEEN'S CLOSET, and also teaches part-time at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School. BEING CARIBOU is her first feature length film as a director.