Wednesday 4/15/26
"The Shepherd and the Bear"
The OSU Story Lab and the Quantitative Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Environmental Genetics Lab present a screening of the Shepherd and the Bear.
Wednesday, April 15, 6-8 pm
LaSells Stewart Center
C&E Auditorium
Film screening followed by a conversation and Q&A with OSU wildlife scientists and the film's director, Max Keegan.
Synopsis:
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and The Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an ageing shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, The Shepherd and The Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world.