80,000 wild horses, one broken system, and Robert Redford's voice making you cry over bureaucracy.
"The Mustangs: An American Story" takes audiences on an odyssey throughout America to places few people have seen or even know about. There are more than 80,000 wild horses on our federal lands and more than 50,000 in holding facilities. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Philipps says, "The wild horse is so ingrained in the American imagination that even for those who have never seen one know what it stands for: fierce independence, unbridled freedom, the bedrock ideals of the nation. From car ads to high school mascots, the wild horse - popularly known as the mustang - is the enduring icon of America. But in modern times it has become entangled in controversy and bureaucracy, and now its future is in question." Whether you are a horse person or not, this film will make you fall in love with America all over again.
Cinematography
Sweeping drone shots that make you want to quit everything.
Direction
Latham lets the horses be the stars, humans the villains.
Writing
Philipps' Pulitzer-honed outrage, perfectly calibrated.
Director
Steven Latham
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