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The Bear Hunter

Why kill a grizzly bear? The Bear Hunter follows a lifelong sport hunter into the Northern Yukon in the search for violent confrontation with the animal he loves most. With an empathy for the rarely-discussed spiritual motivations of the hunt, this film turns over strange stones, exploring ethical contradictions in the hunting act and searching for meaning in a bloody, atavistic pursuit. The Bear Hunter is a wildly original, challenging investigation into the desire to hunt in the modern world.

The Bear Hunter is the first installment of a series in production that will visit Indigenous hunting communities in the Canadian Arctic, Northern Japan and Romania in 2025, culminating in the release a feature documentary.

Subtitles in any language available upon request.

  • Jack Evans
    Director
    Eden River, Frontera
  • Fernando MacFarlane
    Producer
  • Liam Phillips
    Photography
  • Lee Poff
    Score and Sound
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Conservation, Spirituality, Anthropology, Human-Animal Relationships, Hunting, Outdoors, Adventure
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 21, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jack Evans

Jack Evans is a new director of journalistic and anthropological backgrounds. A diversity of working pursuits has taken him from his homelands of Texas and Tennessee to careers in rural East Africa, Scotland and Central America. As a screenwriter, he has authored scripts with the likes of Cormac McCarthy, Hampton Sides and Cole Hauser and is currently involved in the production of a feature film and two major limited series. He is 29 years old and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Watch more about Jack here - https://vimeo.com/879199098

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Director Statement

As a lifelong hunter, I have always been dismayed by my community's failure to acknowledge the violent contradictions at the core of our ancient pursuit: why would you kill an animal that you love? Why kill for any reason other than to eat? Why kill in a modern world at all? This film follows my father, my flawed teacher in these pursuits, to no conclusive answer. The only story we can tell is one of humility, vulnerability and the worship of some mystery.