Lost Wolves of Yellowstone

This screening is partially sponsored by the Ed Berkowitz Film Education Fund.

Lost Wolves of Yellowstone:
Mollie’s Pack and the Return of Gray Wolves to Yellowstone

About the Film: On January 12, 1995 Mollie Beattie initiated the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone, one of the most controversial and ambitious wildlife restoration projects in recorded human history. Mollie, the first female director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, carried the first Canadian born wolf, Alpha Female Wolf No. 5., into The Park’s experimental acclimation enclosure. The matriarch was captured with five of her family members in the remote Canadian wilderness. Nobody knew if the translocated pack would survive. In the harrowing early years of the reintroduction, Wolf #5 lived out a Shakespearean drama set in the world’s first national park. This is the true story of Mollie’s Pack and the Lost Wolves of Yellowstone.

Series host Jason Dick will be joined by the film’s director Tom Winston and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition‘s executive director Scott Christensen for a special Q&A after the screening.

ONE SHOW ONLY! Wednesday, December 2 @ 7:30PM in Avalon 1

About the Speakers:

Tom Winston is an EMMY® award winning filmmaker (PATH OF THE PANTHER) and the founder/CEO of GrizzlyCreek Films, an independent production company headquartered in Montana. Tom and his team have created original series and documentary films for Disney+, National Geographic, Hulu, Amazon and PBS. His films have been screened and honored at the world’s premier festivals, including Tribeca, BFI London, Mill Valley, Jackson Wild, Wildscreen and The International Rome Film Festival.

Scott Christensen is the executive director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and has led conservation programs throughout Greater Yellowstone since 2003. Prior to his time at the GYC, he worked for several political campaigns and nonprofits in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was named executive director in 2020 and now works with the board and staff to forward all aspects of GYC’s inspiring mission. Scott grew up in Idaho and Utah, spending much of his youth chasing trout in Greater Yellowstone’s wild rivers and exploring the hidden corners of the Colorado Plateau. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in public administration from Montana State University.

Jason Dick is the editor in chief of CQ Roll Call and the host of its Political Theater podcast.He has also worked at National Journal and for the AmeriCorps program, and is a former English teacher at the university and high school levels. A one-time screener for the SXSW Film Festival, he is a native of Arizona and lives on Capitol Hill.

Science on Screen® launched at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA in 2005. In partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and its pioneering nationwide film program, the Coolidge has expanded Science on Screen to 122 cinemas nationwide. Throughout the academic year, SoS creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and documentary films with lively presentations by notable experts from the world of science and technology. Each film is used as a jumping-off point for a speaker to introduce current research or technological advances in a manner that engages popular culture audiences—enhancing film and scientific literacy through film.