Private documentary screening shows ailments of ALS and a conflict with wolves

After years of filming, Jeff Mittelstadt was able to offer a private screening to about 140 people in Petersburg, the town which supported the making of his whirlwind documentary, "Staring Down Fate."

Mittelstadt had an idea in 2011 to put together a series of short films on the red wolf conflict in North Carolina. He would make an interactive online documentary with graphics to illuminate the science and economics of the red wolf, while telling the stories of people on all sides of the

issue.

Among the hunters, trappers and advocates Mittelstadt heard from was Chris Lucash, a biologist who ha...