Every year, the Florida government invites the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades. For ten nights, an eclectic group of hunters confront the dangerous terrain, nocturnal creatures, and their own desires.

Structured like a treasure-hunt adventure, Xander Robin’s off-kilter documentary slithers through the swampy core of strange Americana. Rendering the Floridian landscape and its people as singular yet vulnerable, this wildly entertaining debut collapses the distance between predator and prey.