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This riveting polar bear documentary plays out like 'The Fugitive'

PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...
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'Nuisance Bear' review: Transfixing study of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic reflects on the steep two-way costs of human interaction

There's no shortage of captivating nature docs in which advanced 21st century audiovisual technology allows for breathtakingly close images of magnificent creatures in the wild. But when nonfiction ...
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‘Nuisance Bear’ Review: Transfixing Study of Polar Bears in the Canadian Arctic Reflects on the Steep Two-Way Costs of Human Interaction

Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize, Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s film is both a nature doc and a haunting ethnographic portrait. By David Rooney Chief ...