Silencing The Thunder

27 min

Filmmaker: Eddie Roqueta

When temperatures drop in Montana, wild bison migrate to lower elevations outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. Once outside, they run the risk of being killed because some carry a chronic disease called brucellosis that ranchers fear could spread to cattle. Silencing the Thunder presents the obstacles ranchers face, as well as the side of those trying to protect one of America’s most iconic animals.

8:52 pm on Friday at the Shepherdstown Opera House – Block 2