Clip of the Week: The Evolution, History and Politics of Wild Horses

By Doug Hawes-Davis, 7-24-09

Editor’s Note: High Plains Films, the Missoula-based non-profit documentary shop responsible for such films as Libby, Montana and Brave New West is offering a film clip each week here on our pages. This week, as Congress debates new legislation that deals with how to manage wild horses in the West, High Plains Films shows the trailer from the one-hour their one-hour documentary, El Caballo: The Wild Horses of North America.

The film and the trailer were both edited by Dru Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis is the director and producer. From Doug:

Before working on the film, we really knew very little about the subject, but once we were involved we found it a fascinating story of evolution, history, ecology and environmental policy.