Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire (Still)

Screening Date & Time

Friday, July 21, 2023 • 7:00pm

Screening Venue

Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W. Hollywood Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60660

Category
Short Narrative

Country of Origin
United States

Genres
Drama, Poetry, Animation

Runtime
6 minutes

Synopsis

In the summer of 1988, dry lightning sparked a fire in the parched and drought ridden landscape of Yellowstone Park, igniting a blaze that would scorch over 1.5 million perimeter acres of the park. Song of Fire, a narrative poem, guides the animation of Yellowstone 88 telling the story of this conflagration that raged unabated for months until a snow of such intense severity extinguished the flames. That winter surviving Fauna, exhausted from fire and weakened by hunger, die in greater numbers than those claimed by the fire. The cosmos turns from one season to another and another and life in the park begins anew.

Production Credits

Directors

Jerry van de Beek, Betsy De Fries

Writer

Betsy De Fries

Producer

Betsy De Fries

Animation

Jerry van de Beek

Key Cast

Peter Coyote