Event

The Horse Boy

REAL TO REEL: A Documentary Film Series
Sponsored by Ginger and Stu Polisner

Thursday, December 3 at 7:30pm

Members $9 Public $12 Includes Panel & Reception
Active Membership Will Be Checked No Refunds

A PANEL DISCUSSION featuring speakers from local horse riding programs for special needs children will follow the screening.

How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet an epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. When 2-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife, Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care for their son but traditional therapies had little effect. Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals particularly horses and the family set off on a quest for a possible cure.

USA, 2009, 93 min., color
Dir.: Michel Orion Scott