Mustang documentary to aid local equine group

Mustangs to the Rescue will be on hand at Sisters Movie House for the Thursday, September 24 premier of "Unbranded," a documentary depicting an epic horseback journey on mustang horses.

Currently, 50,000 wild horses are in government holding facilities in the United States awaiting adoption. Many will languish there, largely because of their reputation for being unpredictable.

After taking mustangs on a pack trip and watching them outperform their domestic counterparts, Ben Masters, a young Texas horseman, wanted to prove the worth of wild horses and raise awareness about their plight. He gathered three of his best friends and hatched an outrageous plan to adopt, train, and ride wild horses 3,000 miles from the Mexican border to Canada through some of the American West's wildest terrain.

"Unbranded" depicts this epic journey of self-discovery, friendship, and big landscapes that entails runaway horses, perilous mountain passes, debilitating injuries, booming thunderstorms, personal clashes, rodeo rides, sweeping vistas and one sassy donkey.

Mustangs to the Rescue is a Sisters-based group that rehabilitates and retrains horses for adoption. Some of their horses will be at the movie theater for the premier event to raise awareness of the opportunities to adopt rehabilitated horses.

Tickets are still available for the premier. Visit www.sistersmoviehouse.com or stop by the theater on the FivePine Campus. For more information about Mustangs to the Rescue, visit www.mustangstotherescue.org.