Documentary Channel to Premiere Saving the American Wild Horse

NASHVILLE, June 20: Documentary
Channel will air the U.S. debut of Saving the American Wild Horse, a documentary short directed by Emmy
Award-winning filmmaker James Kleinert, in its Primetime Premieres programming block on Monday, July 7, at 9 p.m.

Produced by Moving Cloud
Productions, the film features Academy Award-nominee Viggo Mortensen and Grammy
Award-winner Sheryl Crow, and is narrated by Emmy Award-winner Peter Coyote.
The 27-minute documentary short examines the politics behind the Bureau of Land
Management's (BLM) controversial policies regarding wild horses on public lands
and questions the fate of America's wild horses and burros. Saving the
American Wild Horse features
interviews with scientific experts, ranchers, historians, wild horse owners,
animal rights activists, environmentalists and others.

“We’re pleased with the
opportunity to bring James Kleinert’s compelling work on the state of our
diminishing wild horse population to a prime-time television audience for the
first time,” said Tom Neff, the founder and CEO of Documentary Channel. “With
the help of several talented entertainment stars, Kleinert’s film is a
remarkable effort to bring this issue to the forefront of the American
consciousness, and we believe our viewers will be astounded by his dramatic
footage.”

—By Irene Lew