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Fitzgerald, over the course of one summer. Running Wolf
was a senior in high school when she irst met the ilmmak-
ers and was hesitant to let people follow her for an entire
summer, but when she found out that Nicolas wanted to put a
positive spin on it, she agreed.
“I thought it might be a good opportunity,” she said. “All
my classmates were asking me why a ilm crew was following
me around and it was sort of embarrassing at irst. But after a

while it was just like having a conversation, except I was be-
ing ilmed.”
Nicolas said the ilm crew spent time with the three sub-
jects whenever they were available throughout the sum-
mer. And he found that even though they grew up in difer-
ent places, they were not all that diferent from each other.
The local ilmmaker was surprised about how little he knew

about the rich culture just over the mountains.
“I ind it astonishing that I didn’t learn about this stuf
in high school,” he said. “We have all of this history and cul-
ture right at our doorstep and yet we’re just learning about
the French Revolution.”
After ilming, Anna and Nicolas slowly worked on edit-
ing and inishing the ilm, but on occasion other projects got
in the way. Finally, this year it was ready to be shown to an

audience, although Nicolas said inishing touches were being
made just hours before it premiered in Missoula. So far the
reception has been overwhelmingly positive.
Running Wolf said she was happy how the ilm portrayed
the Blackfeet Reservation and that time in her life. The sum-
mer she was ilmed, Running Wolf was torn about leaving ABOVE: Douglas Fitzgerald is one
home for the irst time. Today, she lives in Missoula and is of three Blackfeet tribal members
proiled in the new documentary,
inishing a degree in psychology. But she plans on moving Where God Likes to Be.
home to Browning and working in the schools.
“They captured my home, they captured the beauty of LEFT ROW: The stark beauty of the
the reservation,” she said of the ilmmakers.
Blackfeet Indian Reservation is
“Where God Likes To Be” will be screened at the Muse- depicted in the new documentary
um at Central School on March 7 at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. For produced by Kalispell native Nicolas
more information visit www.wheregodlikestobe.com.
Hudak and his wife Anna.
[email protected]
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANNA AND NICOLAS HUDAK

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