After 40 years of protection, grey wolves were recently de-listed from the endangered species list, and their fate was handed over to state legislatures. What ensued was a push to hunt them in wolf country across the US. The grey wolf, an American icon, not only lost its federal protection, but was abandoned to politicians and special interest groups. Battle lines have been drawn as both advocates and native american groups speak out to save the wolf from eradication.Filmmaker Julia Huffman travels to Minnesota and into wolf country to pursue the deep intrinsic value of brother wolf and our forgotten promise to him. The film features world renown environmentalist and National Geographic photographer, Jim Brandenburg, someone who has studied and been on the ground with wolves for 45 years - longer than anyone in history; also wolf scientist John Vucetich and elder Chi Maiingan (Big Wolf), from the Red Lake Band in Minnesota.