Sunday, January 13, 2013
BONDS
Today's movie was the documentary
As part of their mustang program, the Bureau of Land Management sponsors a contest in which 100 horse trainers get 100 raw mustangs to train as far as they can in 100 days.
This film follows nine of the trainers, some pro, mostly amateur and their horses from the day of arrival to the final days of the competition.
A familiar doc arc, the contest, the prep, the winners, with an unusual subject.
The whole thing is random selection going in and, going out, the mustangs will be sold at auction to the highest bidder with the trainer having the same chance to bid as any member of the public.
Not all the trainers can afford it.
A study in horses, a study of human and animal bonding and a study of devotion.
I liked this a lot. There were a lot of happy tears. Bittersweet ending. These people, and the horses, obviously love what they do.
A 3 out of Netflix5.
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