the wolfpack

80 MINUTES | DOCUMENTARY | 2015

Synopsis

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed "The Wolfpack," the brothers spend their childhood re-enacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. With no friends and living on welfare, they feed their curiosity, creativity, and imagination with film, which allows them to escape from their feelings of isolation and loneliness. Everything changes when one of the brothers escapes, and the power dynamics in the house are transformed. The Wolfpack must learn how to integrate into society without disbanding the brotherhood.

Credits

DIRECTOR: Crystal Moselle

PRODUCERS: Izabella Tzenkova, Crystal Moselle, Hunter Gray, Alex Orlovsky

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Cross, Tyler Brodie, Cameron Brodie, Louise Ingalls Sturgess