Saturday, October 8, 2011

The Horse Boy

I’m finding all kinds of good documentaries on Netflix for my Instant Queue. The Horse Boy is about a kid with autism who seems to calm down when he’s on a horse. His parents decide to take him on a horseback adventure to visit Mongolian shamans when other therapies are not successful.

    When conventional therapies fail to help their autistic son, Rupert and Kristin Isaacson travel with Rowan to Mongolia in the hopes that a combination of traditional shamanic healing and horseback riding will benefit him. Director Michel O. Scott’s documentary juxtaposes scenes of the family at home in Texas with their journey on horseback across the breathtaking Mongolian countryside in search of reindeer herders and a powerful shaman.

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