This Way of Life (2009)

Directed by

Thomas Burstyn

Genre

documentary film

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a family living off the land in the New Zealand wilderness. They raise horses and resist pressure to adopt a modern lifestyle.

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What happens

This Way of Life is a New Zealand documentary film about a horse breeding family living in the wild near the Ruahine Ranges, resisting the call to a more "modern" lifestyle. It was directed by Thomas Burstyn and produced by Barbara Sumner-Burstyn. It opened theatrically in Vancouver on 3 October 2009 at the Vancouver International Film Festival; in Seattle on 11 June 2010 at the Seattle International Film Festival, and in New York City on 30 July 2010. It opened in Los Angeles on 6 August 2010 at the 14th Annual DocuWeeks. This Way of Life made the 2011 Oscar Documentary short list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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