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EL CABALLO: THE WILD HORSES OF NORTH AMERICA

54 minDVCAM2001

“Thought-provoking...the finely crafted documentary offers up a rich portrait of the current state of America's wild horses.”

cduniverse.com

“Explores the evolution, history and current federal management of wild horses on public lands in the western United States.”

Missoulian

“Lays out the problems, conflicts and misconceptions clearly and without bias. Interviews with the actual scientists involved in wild horse management policy and key individuals, whose lives have been forever impacted by their close association with wild horses, shed light on what has for decades been a declining wildlife management issue.”

The Gaited Horse

“An unexpectedly original treatment of the familiar tragedy of wild horses.”

Animal People

Sep 15, 2017Equus International Festival/Missoula, Montana
Apr 4, 2014Collected Works Bookstore/Santa Fe, New Mexico
—Artivist Film Festival
—Ashburnham-Westminster Community Access TV/Massachusetts
—Bell Museum of Natural History/Minneapolis, Minnesota
—Big Muddy Film Festival
—Columbus International Film & Video Festival
—DUTV/Philadelphia, PA
—Fitchburg Access TV/Fitchburg, Massachusetts
—Free Speech TV
—GoggleWorks Center for the Arts/Reading, Pennsylvania
—Great Falls Public Library
—Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
—Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
—HTVC-Channel 11/Helena, Montana
—International Wildlife Film Festival
—KBDI/Denver, Colorado
—KCSM/San Mateo, California
—KLRN/San Antonio, Texas
—KLVX/Las Vegas, Nevada
—KOCE/Odessa, Texas
—KUED/Salt Lake City, Utah
—Leominster-Lunenburg Access Television/Massachusetts
—Milwaukee Public Television
—Montana Public Television
—New Crystal Theater/Missoula, Montana
—Olympia Environmental Film Festival
—Plymouth Independent Film Festival
—Siskiyou Environmental Film Festival
—University of Wyoming/Fall Film Series
—Vermilion Communtiy College/Ely, Minnesota
—Vermont International Film Festival
—WLRN/Miami, Florida
—WMVS/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
—WMVT/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
—WNMU/Marquette, Michigan
—WUSF/Tampa, Florida
DirectorDoug Hawes-Davis
ProducersDoug Hawes-Davis
ProducersDru Carr
Camera & SoundDoug Hawes-Davis
Camera & SoundDru Carr
EditorDru Carr
Original ScoreNed Mudd
Additional CameraKen Furrow
Additional CameraGene Collings
Additional FootageU.S. Forest ServiceBureau of Land Management (BLM)Humane Society of the United States
Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
Finalist, International Wildlife Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Earthvision Film Festival
Jul 1, 2001

PSA produced by High Plains Films for the Fund for Wild Animals. Directed by Doug Hawes-Davis. Camera & Sound by Doug Hawes-Davis & Dru Carr. Edited by Joe DeFelice.