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Local Sanctuary Story Expands Into Documentary Film
By Lisa Loucks-Christenson
A long-running wildlife documentation project tied to a local sanctuary is now being developed into a documentary film.
The story centers on Shrimp, a raccoon from a family lineage I have documented since 2018. Shrimp belongs to the eighth year of the project. The work is now in its ninth year, with babies typically arriving from late May through June, and sometimes as late as July.
During a recent storm, Shrimp appeared alone while I was photographing lightning and wind damage over the sanctuary. He is fully wild and chooses to seek me out, not the other way around.
The sanctuary itself is a rare oak savanna and critical wildlife habitat.
The archive now includes:
Hundreds of hours of video footage.
More than 10,000 photographs.
Nine years of documentation.
The project is being developed into a feature documentary titled Derecho Shrimp: A Raccoon Prayer.
Produced by Old Country Cross Publishing Group Religious Films
Research housed at The ALLIE Institute
This remains an active and unfolding local story.