May the horse be with you.
The healing force of the horse is forelock and centre in Award-winning filmmaker Nick Barkla’s timely and moving documentary THE HEALING.
THE HEALING explores a unique life-saving veteran welfare program that brings traumatised ex-racehorses and traumatised military veterans and first responders together, to heal each other through horsemanship skills.
Set against the stunning backdrop of the Southern Highlands of NSW, THE HEALING is a compelling journey of recovery that immerses us in the emotional drama of two very different worlds. This is NOT traditional equine-assisted therapy, where a well-adjusted horse helps heal a damaged person.The stakes are literally life and death for the heroes AND horses in the film.
The two vulnerable groups – the heroes and horses – are brought together by former Senior Constable with NSW Police and professional horseman Scott Brodie, whose system of retraining ex-racehorses teaches new skills that build trust, patience and confidence. It’s an extraordinary mutual-healing, whereby the horses are retrained for second careers as performance, therapy or recreational horses, and the veterans and first responders regain their self-belief, returning to work and repairing relationships with family and friends.
This is a new and innovative and inspirational approach to an age old problem, well worth observing, well worth supporting.
Tickets for the Q&A tour are on sale now via https://good.film/thehealing. For every ticket sold, 50% of profits go to Horse Aid to help support the rehabilitation of horses and heroes. The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with cast and crew. Following the national tour, THE HEALING will be available digitally via good.film.
SYDNEY: Monday, October 30 at 7.00pm | Ritz Cinemas Randwick
CANBERRA: Wednesday, November 1 at 7.00pm | Palace Electric
BRISBANE: Friday, November 3 at 7.30pm | New Farm Cinemas
ADELAIDE: Sunday, November 5 at 7.30pm | The Piccadilly
HOBART: Monday, November 6 at 6.00pm | State Cinema
PERTH: Wednesday, November 8 at 7.00pm | Luna Palace, Leederville
MELBOURNE: Thursday, November 9 at 7.00pm | Cinema Nova
BOWRAL: Sunday, November 26 at 4.30pm | Empire Cinema
Further information and tickets at: https://good.film/thehealing