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About the Film
The American West is a mythos known around the world — a landscape of freedom, rugged individualism, boundless possibility, and the collision of human ambition with ecological reality. This film explores the truth beneath it, revealing how our relationship with wolves and other animals both wild and domesticated shaped our ideas, our folklore, and our sense of nationhood, altering the course of American history as profoundly as any human hand.
Narration & Vision
Jeff Bridges
Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges narrates this stunning journey, following wolves and other animals as co-travelers through American history — from the shores of England to the birth of the New Republic, and ultimately the colonization of the vast, contested landscapes of the modern American West.
A place where the ensemble doesn't merely walk through history; they trot, lope, stampede, and migrate across it — reminding us that the wild and the domesticated alike have always reflected a deeper story of who we are as a nation, and who we might yet become.
A Film by Susan Kucera · Rangeland Productions
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An American Journey
In the Company of Wolves
The American West is a mythos known around the world — a landscape of freedom, rugged individualism, boundless possibility, and the collision of human ambition with ecological reality.
This film explores the truth beneath it, revealing how our complicated relationship with wolves shaped our ideas, our folklore, and our sense of nationhood, altering the course of American history as profoundly as any human hand.
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Theatrical Screenings
Screening in Cannes:
May 15
Olympia Theater Room
Events/Q&A
Westland Impact Festival June 13
Wheeler Opera House Aspen Colorado
(dates announced soon)
Theatrical
Cinema Village in New York
June 26th through July 2nd
22 E 12th St, New York, 10003
Jackson Center For the Arts
(dates announced soon)
Laemmle Santa Monica Film Center
June 26th through July 2nd
1332 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Sedona International Film Festival
August 7 - August 13
The Ellen Theatre, Bozeman, MT
August 29
United Nations Association Film Festival
Oct 15-25, 2026
“One of the film’s greatest strengths is connecting history to today’s wildlife management challenges”
“By framing wolves as both ecological keystones and cultural symbols, Susan Kucera delivers a documentary that is as reflective as it is visually striking.”
“Ultimately, Kucera suggests that understanding the future requires an honest reckoning with the past. The story of wolves becomes a lens through which to examine America’s identity, its contradictions, and its relationship with the land itself.
Aaron Ford, The Movie Dude
Press
“Kucera draws a clear line between the fairy-tale predator and the animal later hunted across the West. “
“Kucera avoids turning ranchers into relics or conservationists into flawless guardians. “
Enzo Barese, The Gazettely
“In a thoughtful presentation, this documentary explores a wide landscape of viewpoints to better understand the importance of wolves in shaping the American past and future.”
Christie Cronan, Common Sense Media
“Screenwriters Jon Coleman and Anna Kirsch introduce some interesting threads, such as how the early forest service and national parks partnered with railroads to make money from transporting tourists to spectacular sights…”
Valerie Kalfrin, AWFJ.org
“One of the film’s greatest strengths is connecting history to today’s wildlife management challenges”
“By framing wolves as both ecological keystones and cultural symbols, Susan Kucera delivers a documentary that is as reflective as it is visually striking.”
Tony M., Sandbox
Read about our premiere at Cannes in Variety Magazine
Featured on KTLA 5 Morning News
Review by NYC Movie Critic
A discussion of the film with Jeff Bridges on survivornet
Jeff Bridges discusses the film with Theo Von
Reviewed by We Are Movie Geeks