Advancing the coexistence of wilderness and civilization
Though a few have attempted it, no one has yet completed a film specifically about the Mexican gray wolf. Elke Duerr, who has received some state funding from New Mexico to educate public schoolkids and shoot her film, is on the way to realizing the first lobo documentary.
You can view an early draft of Ms. Duerr's film at the website below
http://www.wildwolffilm.com/film.html
From the website:
Our film project “Stories of Wolves: The Lobo Returns” is an examination of the Mexican Gray Wolf recovery program in New Mexico. It's a story with many sub-plots because of the dynamic relationship of the wolf to the various communitites who now share its habitat: the ranchers, the conversationists, the Native American cultures, and the other animals who depend upon its presence to maintain a healthy ecological system. Just as much as it's a film about wolves, it's also about the people of New Mexico and their stand in making this program a success or a failure. And ultimately it is about the vanishing wildness inside and outside of us.
The film contains
* Interviews with Ranchers, Conservationists, and Native Americans
* Film footage from the Lobo's habitat
* A brief examination of wolf lore and literature
* An examination of various solutions for a successful reintroduction of the wolf to its habitat.
* A narrative which maintains continuity and balance in its presentation to the viewing public.
