''Bad Coyote'' is a 2013 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jason Andrew Young.

Summary

The film profiles the expansion of the

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into

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, centred in particular on the 2009 death of singer-songwriter Taylor Mitchell in a coyote attack.

Release

The film premiered at the 2013 Atlantic International Film Festival, and received some further film festival and commercial screenings, including at the Planet in Focus environmental film festival,Jason Anderson, "Putting the planet in focus". ''

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'', November 22, 2013. before receiving a television broadcast on

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in 2014.

Accolades

The film was nominated for Best Science or Nature Documentary, and Young was nominated for Best Direction in a Documentary Program, at the

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in 2015.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 3316376 2013 films 2013 documentary films Canadian documentary films National Film Board of Canada documentaries English-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films Coyotes in popular culture