Herd in Iceland (dir. Lindsay Blatt & Paul Taggart, 2013)
The first in a program of documentaries about the world and connecting with separate cultures, Herd in Iceland is a story of the Scandinavian cowboy and their pride of their stock. The horses, purebred and uniquely Icelandic, are rounded up each year from the wild in a communal event reminiscent of a fairground, hot dogs and all. The caretakers range from a rural family whose daughter remarks that she doesn’t know what other people her age do in their free time considering how long she spends with the horses, riding and caring for them daily; a man who appears to have descended straight from a mythological Viking yet shares his horse-herding passion with a winsome mutt; and a spunky, robust 81-year-old living with his girlfriend equally enamored with the breed and lifestyle. Domestic life and the beauty of Iceland’s wilderness...
The first in a program of documentaries about the world and connecting with separate cultures, Herd in Iceland is a story of the Scandinavian cowboy and their pride of their stock. The horses, purebred and uniquely Icelandic, are rounded up each year from the wild in a communal event reminiscent of a fairground, hot dogs and all. The caretakers range from a rural family whose daughter remarks that she doesn’t know what other people her age do in their free time considering how long she spends with the horses, riding and caring for them daily; a man who appears to have descended straight from a mythological Viking yet shares his horse-herding passion with a winsome mutt; and a spunky, robust 81-year-old living with his girlfriend equally enamored with the breed and lifestyle. Domestic life and the beauty of Iceland’s wilderness...
- 2/15/2014
- by Zach Lewis
- SoundOnSight
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