In the shadowy wings of the Wilma Theater in Missoula, four people nervously pace. On the other side of the curtains sit around 500 members of the wildland fire community. These were the moments that preceded the premiere of my first feature documentary, the culmination of over 4 years of production and 17 years of passion for its subject.

In Gujarat, India, communities and mugger crocodiles have shared the same landscape for decades with remarkably little conflict. This film asks how, and what it truly takes to keep that balance alive.