WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, June 23, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — On Thursday, filmmaker Ashley Avis, whose credit embody writing, directing, and modifying the movie adaptation of “Black Magnificence” for Disney+ starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet, Mackenzie Foy, and Iain Glen, screened her award-winning documentary, “Wild Magnificence: Mustang Spirit of the West,” at the historic Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
The occasion included a wild horse “meet & greet” with Mystic, a 19-year-old rescued wild horse. Attendees have been in a position to pose for footage with Mystic and have been inspired to share on social media with the hashtag #IStandWithWildHorses
Particular visitors included Consultant Dina Titus (D-NV) and Steve Cohen (D-TN), each sponsors of the Wild Horse and Burro Act of 2023 H. R. 3656 which might amend the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act to ban sure makes use of of plane with respect to the roundup of wild horses. Rep. Titus spoke previous to the screening and plenty of of the practically 1,000 attendees chanted “cross the invoice” in regard to the laws.
A stay query & reply session with director Ashley Avis and specialists Edward Winters, Dr. Yvette Working Horse Collin, PhD, Scott Beckstead, Esq., Marty Irby, Vickery Eckhoff, and Josselyn Wolf adopted the documentary screening. The panel was moderated by Cynthia Smoot and in addition included highly effective speeches from college students from the Chattanooga Women Management Academy.
The screening got here one evening after D.C.-based artist Robin Bell offered a projection onto the exterior of the Bureau of Land Administration workplaces at Division of the Inside constructing in Washington. Slogans projected onto the constructing included “Cease Wild Horse Roundups”, “Finish Animal Cruelty” and “I Stand With Wild Horses”
Whereas making “Black Magnificence,” Avis grew to become devoted to bettering the disturbing plight of wild horses in the United States. These animals are sometimes rounded up by the U.S. authorities, separated from their households and brought into captivity – usually with the harmful and typically lethal use of helicopters that frighten, chase, and nook the horses.
Ashley and her husband, Edward Winters, additionally launched an advocacy web site, www.istandwithwildhorses.com, to carry consciousness to the U.S. authorities’s techniques and cease the merciless and infrequently lethal use of helicopters in these roundups. It’s her hope that the movie and new advocacy marketing campaign will expose this follow – and encourage change.
The occasion was hosted by the Wild Magnificence Basis.
About “Wild Magnificence: Mustang Spirit of the West”
“Wild Magnificence: Mustang Spirit of the West” is a sweeping, immersive journey into the world of wild horses that illuminates each the profound magnificence and determined plight they at present face in the Western United States. Filmmaker Ashley Avis (Disney’s “Black Magnificence”) and crew go on a multi-year expedition to uncover the reality and delve into the corruption befalling wild horses, and why they’re being eradicated from Western public lands. Watch the trailer right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OuLAlkA08
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