India, Jan. 31 -- For the last few days, the short clip of a lone penguin walking away from its colony has become fodder for memes, with many dubbing it the 'lone penguin' and the 'nihilist penguin'. But do we realise what really happened in that clip? What are the consequences of that choice made by the penguin? If the viral penguin can be seen as a hook, then the new documentary Nuisance Bear, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize, is essential viewing for its haunting exploration of how an animal is branded as a predator. (Also read: Amber Heard confronts intense public scrutiny and media trial in powerful doc Silenced | Review)

Nuisance Bear is the result of the work of filmmakers Gabri...