Sugar Moon

– To have and To Hold

On the high plains of the Texas Panhandle, the wind blows continuously. Immensity is a magnifying glass. There, we take ownership of nature and air, everything has a price and African animals are hunted in ranches with high fences. The exotic game industry generates approximately 1 billion dollars annually in the US. Putting a commercial value on animals is concurrently a blessing and a curse. It has generated debates and a genuine public opinion war between hunters and what they call ‘antis’. When they are accused of killing protected species on american soil, ranchers answer that they are the last contributors to conservation as some of the species they breed have almost disappeared in their natural habitat. Sugar Moon is the schizophrenic story of the exotic trophy hunting industry. Deep in the southern gun culture, it also draws an intimate and crude portrait of Trump's America.

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