Submitted by Kevin Eastwood.

A new feature-length documentary from award-winning wildlife filmmakers Isabelle Groc and Mike McKinlay entitled “Part of the Pack,” will have its US premiere at the Friday Harbor Film Festival on Saturday, Oct. 22.

“Part of the Pack” explores our relationship to “the wild” through different stories in which people and wolves get closer to each other.

Long feared, the wolves that have survived in places such as the Pacific Northwest, now live in a habitat that is becoming increasingly encroached upon by human development. At the same time our fascination with the wolf — as the quintessential symbol of something wild and dangerous — has become stronger. As urban lifestyles have increasingly removed us from nature, some people long to find that connection again and encountering a wolf can satisfy that craving for the natural world. Some people have even taken a step further by bringing a wolf or wolf-dog into their homes (literally into their living rooms) as a way to feel closer to the wild.

“Part of the Pack” follows three such stories where people have developed a unique relationship to individual wolves, and explores the ethical questions around creating intimacy with the wild.

“Part of the Pack” screens Saturday, Oct. 22 at 4:15 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Friday Harbor Film Festival. The two co-directors of the film, Isabelle Groc and Mike McKinlay will be in attendance and participate in a Q and A following both screenings.