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Equus: Story of the Horse

Equus: Story of the Horse

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 20, 2019

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Equus, une histoire de chevaux et d'hommes

Production Companies

Taglicht Media

Director

Dennis Wells

Description

While the earliest works of art of mankind depicted horses, the early history of the two species remains largely unknown. From the last nomadic peoples of the Altai Mountains to the Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula and the Blackfoot Indians, Canadian anthropologist and filmmaker Niobe Thompson traveled the world for two years. He went to meet these communities who live in osmosis with their horses, and tried to understand the history and the nature of the very special bond between man and animal. At the same time, the work of German evolutionary biologist Martin Fischer allows, thanks to a 3D animation, to bring back to life the ancestor of the horse, whose appearance is surprisingly reminiscent of a small fox.