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
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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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Wild Horses- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.