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Bochner is a writer, director and producer of Animal Nation, a seven-part series that will be aired weekly on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), starting on Jan. 8. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved documentaries,\u201d said Bochner, who is 54 and lives in Montreal. \u201cAnd as a kid, nature documentaries were definitely one of my favourite things. So, I\u2019ve always been interested and eager to work on an animal nature documentary.\u201d Each episode of Animal Nation is titled after a keynote species. The inaugural episode is titled Bear. 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Bochner is a writer, director and producer of Animal Nation, a seven-part series that will be aired weekly on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), starting on Jan. 8. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved documentaries,\u201d said Bochner, who is 54 and lives in Montreal. \u201cAnd as a kid, nature documentaries were definitely one of my favourite things. So, I\u2019ve always been interested and eager to work on an animal nature documentary.\u201d Each episode of Animal Nation is titled after a keynote species. The inaugural episode is titled Bear. 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