Review of Unbranded (2015) by Bill H — 30 Jan 2016
Unbranded is a 2015 documentary that examines the 16-week journey of four men, twelve horses and burro from Mexico to Canada. Attempting to raise awareness to an ongoing struggle between western ranchers and the iconic Mustang wild horses, these men embark on an epic journey that takes them through the most rugged, beautiful and dangerous terrain in the lower 48.
Four recently graduated Texas AM Aggies, feeling the pressure of social expectation and confronted with the reality that it's time to grow up and start a family, adopt the majestic animals from a Bureau of Land Management holding facility where the horses are stripped of their freedom and confined in order to make way for the rancher's cattle.
Along the way, men and horse struggle to persevere the dangerous landscape all the while contemplating the world and their place in it.
As they near their objective, it becomes clear that Unbranded is not only a tale of the plight of the mustang, but a touching and poignant testament to the loss of freedom and gradual confinement of the wild men who ride them.
If you haven't seen this documentary, watch it on Netflix. You wont regret it. -RW.
This review of Unbranded (2015) was written by Bill H on 30 Jan 2016.
Unbranded has generally received positive reviews.
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