“Find that basic animal secretly hidden inside myself”

Sam went to the Banff Film Festival last night in Bozeman and alerted me to a movie that he thought would be up my alley. “Finding Farley” is about a young couple and their two-year-old son’s journey across most of Canada to visit legendary writer and ecologist Farley Mowat (“Never Cry Wolf”).

The family travels most of that way by canoe. It looks like a lovely flick about family, wilderness, writing and understanding the natural systems we live in. It won this year’s Grand Prize at the festival.

I first saw the film “Never Cry Wolf” when I was a kid. Revisited it again a few years ago and enjoyed it thoroughly. It’s as funny as it is a study of place and the wolves that live there.

I read the book on a BWCAW trip a couple years ago and, though it was enjoyable, this is actually one instance where I think I enjoyed the film more. But both are great works about the Arctic, wolves, and man’s relationship with the land.