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Black Beauty (1978)

Black Beauty poster
Directed by
Chris Cuddington
Genre
animation, family, adventure, drama, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A horse named Black Beauty tells his life story from his youth on a farm to his experiences with different owners. He faces both kindness and hardship along the way.

heartwarminggentlenostalgicsweetsimpleearnestchildren's animation

What happens

Black Beauty is a 1978 animated television film produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera and based on the 1877 novel by Anna Sewell. It originally aired October 28, 1978 as part of Famous Classic Tales on CBS. The special was released on VHS by Worldvision Home Video (now CBS Home Entertainment) in 1983 and re-released through Goodtimes Home Video under the Kids Klassics Home Video label in 1987 and was released on DVD by Koch Vision. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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