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  • Playing with Magic (2013)
  • 97 min | Documentary
Playing with Magic (2013)
97 min | Documentary
"Playing with Magic" is about the transformational effect for people when playing with horses. In the film, cancer survivors, autism victims, P.T.S.D. sufferers and ordinary people find healing and hope in the company of horses. Based on ...See more"Playing with Magic" is about the transformational effect for people when playing with horses. In the film, cancer survivors, autism victims, P.T.S.D. sufferers and ordinary people find healing and hope in the company of horses. Based on the book Zen Mind, Zen Horse by brain surgeon Dr. Allan Hamilton, the film follows the experience of a 27 year old Brazilian girl with terminal brain cancer and a 57 year old woman facing liver cancer, as they play with horses at Dr. Hamilton's ranch. Along the way, we learn about 'natural horsemanship' which evolved in the twentieth century to replace the traditional violent methods of 'breaking' horses. The film also follows famed horse whisperer Monty Roberts, who discovered the language of Equus, as he shows veterans how to control and live with their P.T.S.D. by playing with horses. Monty tells his own heart-breaking P.T.S.D. story of being beaten mercilessly by his father, and how horses and a nun named Sister Patricia saved him from killing his father. The film then makes the connection between a world of wounded humans who can benefit from horses and the 200,000 unwanted horses that are languishing in holding pens or on their way to slaughter. The film ends with inspiring stories of horse adoption at the Extreme Mustang Makeover where trainers compete to train a wild mustang in 100 days. Thus, the film starts with people being saved by horses and ends full circle with horses being saved by people. See less
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Director
Wayne Ewing
Cinematographer
Wayne Ewing
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Wayne Ewing
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Mar 7, 2013 (United States)

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