Among Wolves

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USA | 2016 | DCP | 91 min.

Director: Shawn Convey

This mesmerizing, eye-opening new documentary introduces us to a humanitarian biker gang within the formerly war-torn Balkan community of Livno. The Wolves Motorcycle Club has tasked itself with the mission of saving the wild horses of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all the while coping with the devastating after effects of civil war. Winner, Chicago Award, 2016 Chicago International Film Festival. Director Shawn Convey & Writer Kevin Ripp will appear in person to present and discuss their film. Co-presented with the UW’s International Division, Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA).

Premiere Showcase is the Cinematheque’s effort to bring the boldest and most exciting new cinema back to the big screen. Crafted with the same curat­orial acuity we bring to our repertory series, Premiere Showcase presents exciting new work by contem­porary directors that would otherwise have no theatrical venue in the area. Our selections for this calendar begin with the first movie on our calendar, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography, the latest from acclaimed documentarian and UW Madison alum Errol Morris. In Between is a fictional portrait of three Arab Israeli women living together in Tel Aviv and the special bond they form. Dawson City: Frozen Time is a new documentary about the discovery of a hidden cache of nitrate film in the Yukon. One of the most critically acclaimed films at this year’s Sundance Festival, Kogonada’s Columbus tells of two introverts who meet in the Midwest’s hidden hub of modernist architecture, Columbus, Indiana. Presented in conjunction with our series tribute to Frederick Wiseman, Ex Libris is the octogenarian documentarian’s latest and a movie that explores the many facets of the New York Public Library. Finally, Among Wolves takes us inside the private world of a Balkan biker gang determined to save the wild horses outside of their formerly war-torn community.

All Cinematheque screenings are free and open to the public.