Your admission ticket for this block includes the following films:
The Wild Ponies of Chincoteague
59:00 min
Kurt Kolaja
Tod Mesirow
USA
The legend says that a Spanish Galleon carrying ponies crashed off the Atlantic coast. The ponies swam free of the sinking ship and reached the New World. Decedents of that lost band live today, wild and free, on the barrier island, Assateague, Virginia.
The local fire company owns the herd now. To keep the population in check foals are auctioned each year. Sabrina Dobbins made a winning bid and took a pony home. For Sabrina it was a pivotal moment. “This pony was my light in the darkness. I was in severe depression; I was self-harming. My pony pulled me up. I named her Blessing.” A blessing indeed.
Talking To The Air: Horses of The Forbidden Kingdom
56:00 min
Sophie Pegrum
NEPAL/USA
On a tenuous border with China, the vanishing medieval culture of Mustang is where a man's wealth is measured in horses and riding is as elemental as breathing. “Talking To The Air” tells the story of the ascent of civilization in the high Himalaya and turns a lens on issues of globalization, fragile border politics and the precarious future for the horse in this remarkable region.
CLICK HERE to see a trailer of “Talking to the Air”.