Clip of the Week: The Evolution, History and Politics of Wild Horses, Part 1

By Doug Hawes-Davis, 8-31-09

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 High Plains Films is showcasing the first of a series of clips from the one-hour their one-hour documentary, El Caballo: The Wild Horses of North America.

In this clip, Jay Kirpatrick of ZooMontana talks about the natural history of wild horses. During the coming weeks, we’ll present several more clips from the movie. 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. The film is edited by Dru Carr. It is directed and produced by Doug Hawes-Davis. The original score by Ned Mudd, most of which is available for free download at www.highplainsfilms.org.