The Payne family appears in A New Kind of Wilderness by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The father and the children agreed to continue the project, as Jacobsen now set out to not only crystallize Maria’s legacy but also to tell the family’s story of coping with profound loss and the fresh challenges of staying true to the lifestyle that Maria had inspired in them. In her director’s statement, Jacobsen explained why Nik had agreed to proceed with filming after Maria’s death: “They knew my connections with Maria and knew that she wanted me to make a film and they believed Maria was somehow involved, connecting me to them.”