Los Angeles Festival Premiere

ANIMATION | Canada | 7 MINUTES | English

SAVJ

Tank the eldest of eight siblings, grapples with the memory of the moment his family was torn apart. Foraging for survival alone in a forest, the children fear a dangerous force. But what lurks in the darkness is true evil. Narrated by Corey Feldman.

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Tank Standing Buffalo

As a child Tank Standing Buffalo got a job selling cotton candy at the circus. When the crew packed up and left, he ran away and met them at the next town with big dreams of a life-long career with the traveling show. The carnies wouldn’t accept him so Tank followed his big top dreams as a young man, designing and building traveling haunted attractions and his own traveling sideshow. A compulsive creator, Tank draws, paints, carves, tattoos, and makes tiki mugs, props, puppets, movies, and more. Tank works relentlessly on his own self-directed film projects as well as many commissions. Ancestors on his mom’s side followed the underground railroad to the Potawatomi of Caldwell First Nation who helped them escape slavery.

Director

Tank Standing Buffalo

Producer

Xstine Cook

Screenwriter

Tank Standing Buffalo

Cast

Corey Feldman

Composer

Cara Adu-Darko, Brandon Smith

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