Crying Wolf
| Crying Wolf | |
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| Directed by | Jeffrey D. King |
| Written by | Jeffrey D. King |
Production company | Broken Hints Media |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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Crying Wolf: Exposing the Wolf Reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park is a 2011 independent documentary by Jeffrey D. King, the founder of Broken Hints Media.[1] It delves into the controversial[2][3][4] Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone issue, as well as environmentalism and conservationism in general from a Christian perspective.
Content
Interviewees include retired USFWS biologist Jim Beers, Stephen M. Vantassel Ph.D.,[5] Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation President David Allen, Abundant Wildlife Society of North America's founder Troy R. Mader, as well as outfitter Bill Hoppe and a number of ranchers. The majority of the film is made up of interviews, and original footage of wolves and other wildlife, as well as scenery of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, with an emphasis on Yellowstone Park. The film also touches upon historical figures, such as U.S. Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, an avid hunter,[6] and Bill Clinton, as well as soldier 'Yellowstone' Kelly)
Themes
Director and producer Jeffrey D. King is a former resident of rural Montana in the area around Yellowstone National Park. He states in the film that he grew up familiar with the issue of wolf reintroduction, and Crying Wolf was inspired by his religion and passion for wildlife.
The film explores the Christian concept of taking dominion (Genesis 1:28, repeating, in command form, the part of God's plan also contained in Genesis 1:26). The Dominion Mandate, the idea, is not to be confused with Dominionism or Dominion Theology, both of which are rooted in that concept.[7] In Christianity, taking dominion (using the earth and its resources for the needs of man and to the glory of God) is the corollary of Biblical stewardship (conserving those resources for later use or for aesthetic reasons and to the glory of God), both concepts being primarily derived from the passage in Genesis. The preceding two verses, Genesis 1:26, 27
Template:VerseAnd God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Template:VerseSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
— King James Version
are the basis for Imago Dei, wherefrom Christians hold that man ultimately derives his nature, distinctiveness, value, rights, will, individuality, and sovereignty, but also his subordinate status to his Creator.
References
- ↑ Crying Wolf Movie 00:02:40
- ↑ Wolves thrive a decade after reintroduction; so does controversy Archived 2013-01-25 at Archive.today
- ↑ Reintroduction of wolves brings controversy
- ↑ "Restoration or Destruction: The Controversy over Wolf Reintroduction". Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2011-09-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Stephen M. Vantassel. "Crying Wolf, the Movie". wildlifecontrolconsultant.com. Stephen M. Vantassel Wildlife Control Consultant. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 19 Oct 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Wilson, R.L. (2010). Theodore Roosevelt: Hunter-Conservationist. Skyhorse Publishing. W.W. Norton.
- ↑ to "Dominion mandate" Cultural mandate compared to dominion mandate
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