Santa Fe New Mexico
2016 EQUUS Film Festival Tour Stop
The Horse Shelter
Thursday August 18, 2016
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm / VIP Event & Screenings
Thursday August 18, 2016
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm / VIP Event & Screenings
The Screen at Santa Fe University of Art and Design
1600 St Michaels Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87505
For Tickets: (505) 473-6494 or
www.thescreensf.com/
Their Last Ride - Thundering Hooves - Arizona USA
05:32 mi / Directed by: M. Aku Rodri
Trailer:
vimeo.com/140967488
www.facebook.com/THEIR-LAST-RIDE-1618787921719780/timeline/
"A Direct Descendant of The "Trail Of Tears", Cherokee woman's personal journey that informs and reflects into
the world of horse slaughter and her goal of creating awareness to the spirit of the Horse through multi-cultural
participation and co-creation through all the ARTS
Horse Shelter Diaries – New Mexico USA
104:00 min / Directed by: Donna Wells
Trailer:
vimeo.com/154595529
Horse Shelter Diaries is a new documentary by filmmaker, Donna Wells, whose purpose was to make the public
aware that there are healthy viable horses for adoption out at The Horse Shelter in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nine
horse trainers took 9 horses that had never been saddled and ridden and trained them for 100 days then
competed at the Gimme Shelter: Trainers’ Rally for Rescues event at the National Day of the Cowboy celebration.
Over 1200 people witnessed what a difference a little training can make in the lives of these horse. The horses
were then auctioned off to qualified bidders and went to their new homes.
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The individual personalities of the rescue horses and the role of the trainers in their lives is the focus of the new
documentary. Most horses end up at the Shelter because they have never been taught boundaries or skills. Wells
said she was touched to see that all the trainers were genuinely invested in the welfare of the horses. “These
horses are priceless,” trainer Erica Hess told the filmmaker, “and I feel like we’re just mining the gold that is in
each of them.”
Return Of The Horse - New Mexico USA
60:00 min / Directed by: Sharon Eliashar
Return of the Horse: The History and Science of one of America’s oldest native wildlife species, Equus Caballus.
This powerful and artful documentary focuses on the sociological, economic and political consequences of the
reintroduction of the horse, and examines it’s relationship with the European conquest of the Americas,
European settlement, and Native American culture.
“Return of the Horse is a beautiful object of art and thought, combining scientific and historical precision with
artful filmmaking; that’s a rare thing. And the music...” -
Professor Dan Flores, A.B. Hammond Chair in Western History, University of Montana
Panel After Last Film Screens:
Donna Wells: Director - The Horse Shelter Diaries
Sharon Eliashar: Director – Return Of The Horse
Leo Hubbard; Director – Return Of The Horse
Michael Aku RoDriguez: Director – Their Last Ride
Neta Rhyne: Producer – Their Last Ride
