Between 1914 and 1926, humans killed at least 136 wolves in Yellowstone National Park, leaving the animals presumed extinct. Early park managers viewed wolves as destructive predators, believing that wiping them out would help protect the world’s first national park.
Decades later, on January 12, 1995, the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mollie Beattie carried the first Canadian born wolf into Yellowstone’s experiment acclimation enclosure, Alpha Female Wolf No. 5. A new documentary from Grizzly Creek Films captures the story of those first wolves and the team that reintroduced them through long-lost 16mm archival footage, capturing the tense early days filled with legal battles and public outrage outside the park gates.
Lost Wolves of Yellowstone already debuted at film festivals around the world, and now it’s getting ready to show in select IMAX theaters across the United States beginning in January 2026. Tickets aren’t on sale yet, but you can sign up for future notifications and find a showing location near you here.
