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As foreshadowed last year, Logo has bought distribution rights to an hour-long documentary on otherkin and therians from the UK's Zig Zag Productions (presumably no relation...):

The film promises to follow a teenager from Brunswick, Georgia, who believes he is a wolf, and is aiming to confirm this by changing his name legally to his wolf name, Shiro. It also introduces the viewer to a commune of ‘otherkin’ in upstate New York that includes a human ‘raccoon’ and ‘leopard’ in an “inter species poly-amorous relationship.”

The sixty-minute segment is to air in early 2013 as part of the What?! documentary series. Zig Zag is also negotiating distribution in other parts of the world. [O. Scribner]

Update (30 April): The documentary has been released.

While arguably exploitative (executive programming VP: “Logo viewers are fascinated with programming that explores extremes in our society”), the channel's own description highlights why they chose to buy the documentary:

At the end of the day all our programming is about being your fierce, unconventional self (it's true – think about it). We chose the name "Logo" because a logo is an identity and nothing's more important than having your own, unique identity, and making it work for you. For us, the word logo is about identity, about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about being who you are.

The What?! series invites viewers to "step outside your comfort zone"; it most recently covered funeral protester Fred Phelps and his family.

Shiro, founder of otherkin community Wulf Howl, had formerly opposed the documentary and made a statement regarding his participation: