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Mystic (2020)

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Genre
family, drama, action & adventure
Country
New Zealand, United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 29 episodes
Rated
0
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl moves to a coastal New Zealand town and makes friends with local teen horse riders. Together they work to stop a development that threatens their community.

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What happens

Mystic is a New Zealand environmental teen drama television series produced by Libertine Pictures and Slim film+television for CBBC, TVNZ and the Seven Network. Created by Amy Shindler and Beth Chalmers, it is based on Pony Club Secrets, Stacy Gregg's series of pony novels, the first of which is Mystic and the Midnight Ride (2007). Set on the fictional peninsula of Kauri Point, New Zealand, Mystic tells the story of Issie Brown and her new-found friendships with the town's teen horse riders, and their efforts to save Kauri Point from an industrial development that threatens it. It stars Macey Chipping. The series premiered on CBBC and BBC iPlayer in the UK on 14 July 2020. Mystic season two launched in November 2021 and season three in July 2022. Season two won Best Children's Programme at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in 2022 and in 2023, Season three picked up the award for Best Children's Programme at the NZTV awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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