Scientists head into some of the last remaining prairies in North America to undertake the painstaking work of hand-pollinating an obscure plant on the brink of extinction. While there, they encounter an animal who has become a mascot of prairie conservation. INTERVENTION is an ethereal nonfiction short that tracks the laborious process of conservation from the perspective of this insect pop icon. (16 min)

Directors: Kate Grumke & Kyle Pyatt

Cinematography, Editing, Color: Kyle Pyatt

INTERVENTION (2025)

A retired teacher investigates the shadowy history of his rural Missouri community, including the origins of a looming structure known as the Rockpile. (33 min)

Writer, Editor, Director: Kyle Pyatt

Camera: Kyle Pyatt, Blake Beck, Evan Pagano

Rockpile (2018)