Ian Munsick’s ‘White Buffalo’ Documentary Available On Demand This Friday
Ian Munsick. Photo: Christopher Douglas
Ian Munsick‘s documentary, White Buffalo: Voices of the West, will begin streaming on various platforms this Friday (Jan. 26).
The documentary will initially be available on Apple iTunes, Apple, Google Play, Kanopy (Libraries), Microsoft, Vudu, YouTube Rentals and Amazon TVOD. After 60 to 90 days, it will become available on Freevee, The Roku Channel and Tubi.
“Some of the best kept secrets are out there, thriving, where the prairie meets the mountains,” Munsick reflects. “I was lucky enough to be born and raised in the heart of cowboy country, mostly untouched by the outside world. It’s a culture where Cowboys and Native Americans are one in the same. I’ve always wanted to use my platform to help shed light on what’s been hidden for decades, and Voices of the West was a great way to convey an important message, while artistically collaborating with a people who rarely get the opportunity to have their voices heard.”
The film expands on the concept of Munsick’s sophomore album White Buffalo, with the white buffalo representing a sacred symbol for the plains tribes of Native America, its return signaling prosperity and rebirth. Delving into conversations with Pro Buckin’ Horse producer and entrepreneur from the Blackfoot Tribe, Dougie Hall; rancher, horse trainer and actor from the Crow Tribe, Stephen Yellowtail; and cowgirl from the Blackfeet Nation, Sammy Jo Bird; Munsick explores the modern-day relationship between cowboys, ranchers and Native American tribes, and how they often rely on each other to live off the land out west.
Munsick first premiered the documentary to an intimate crowd of 150 attendees on Dec. 6 at the Beverly Theater in Las Vegas during NFR. He’ll return to the road in 2024 as direct support for select dates of Lainey Wilson’s “Country’s Cool Again” tour.
