On Tuesday, May 11, The Horse Boy airs nationally 10pm Edt on the PBS series Independent Lens. The Horse Boy is a film about a dad (Rupert Isaacson) and a mom (Kristin Neff ) who are trying to do what hundreds of thousands of families in America do every day - search for a way to reach their child with autism. Only, we don't look so good doing it and we usually stay pretty close to home. Rupert is a past professional horse trainer, writer and journalist as well as a human rights advocate for tribal peoples. Rupert's wife and Rowan's mother, Kristin, is a tenured professor of psychology, and has been a practicing Buddhist for more than 10 years. She is well known for her researches into the Buddhist concept of self-compassion and its correlation with positive...
- 5/10/2010
- by Chantal Sicile-Kira
- Huffington Post
Inspirational, feel-good, pro-active, holistic goodness simply fires out of The Horse Boy (Zeitgeist Films) like jets of super-soaker tear-water, as it is a documentary made by an autistic boy's parents about their strenuous, globetrotting attempt at find a mystical "cure." Who could be cynical? The patience and fortitude at work in the lives of Brit journalist Rupert Isaacson and psych prof Kristin Neff as they handle their gorgeous but seriously impaired son Rowan is redoubtable, and once Rowan communes with a horse and Isaacson indulges in fond memories of shamanistic cures he witnessed in Africa, one can hardly blame the family for packing the kid up and taking him to the one spot on the globe where horses and shamanism traditionally entwine: Mongolia.
- 4/28/2010
- Movieline
Wichita, Kan — The Wichita Association for Motion Picture Arts and the Tallgrass Film Festival announces the Tallgrass Third Thursday screening for March: The Horse Boy, directed by Michel Orion Scott. The screening, co-hosted by the Flint Hills Therapeutic Riding Center (Fhtrc), takes place at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 18 at the home of the Riding Center, the Murfin Stables, on the southeast corner of 143rd Street east and 13th Street north. The screening will be preceded with a wine and cheese reception from 6 to 7 pm with music by the Celtic band, Knocknasheega, and the film immediately followed by a question and answer session led by Theresa Flaigle of the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association. This event is a fundraiser for both the Tallgrass Film Festival and the Flint Hills Therapeutic Riding Center and tickets are available at the door on the evening of the event. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for seniors and students.
- 3/9/2010
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
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