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Tag: Mammoth

  • Brother Bear. Dir. Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker. Walt Disney Pictures. 2003.

    Brother Bear works to trouble the relationship between humans and bears through destabilising the idea that bears are inherently threatening and monstrous. The children’s animation follows Kenai, a young human boy who is transformed into a bear by spirits after killing a bear to avenge his brother’s death. Within this scene, Blaise and Walker use…

  • Ice Age. Dir. Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha. 20th Century Fox. 2002.

    Set twenty thousand years ago, at a time when animals were migrating to warmer climates, Ice Age follows the story of three animals. Sid, a sloth, is left behind by his family, and meets Manny, a mammoth, who he decides to follow. They come across a human settlement which has been attacked by sabre-toothed cats.…