Cast & Crew: "She had some horses"
Cast:
Lynne Pomeranz, a political activist and award-winning equine photographer, has dreamed of horses since she was three years old. In Lynne’s book, Among Wild Horses, she credits her quest to photograph America’s wild horses to a day she spent on Mount Taylor, “One day, I caught my first glimpse of wild horses. There were three of them, all grays, and as soon as they caught sight of our vehicle, they galloped away. I realized I had witnessed a rite of freedom that made my spirit soar.” Lynne, who leads wild horse workshops for photographers, horse and nature lovers, is renowned for her tireless efforts to help the wild horses in New Mexico. We accompany Lynne and her workshop participants during one of her wild horse workshops to the Monero Mustang Sanctuary and the Jicarilla Wild Horse Territory. Located 40 miles east of Bloomfield, New Mexico, the Jicarilla Wild Horse Territory consists of 76,000 acres within the Carson National Forest, bordering the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. The land was one of 303 areas set aside for the horses in 1971 with the passing of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. It is home to almost 400 free-roaming horses of mixed ancestry.
Rachel Waller and her 8-year old daughter, Cheyenne Rondeau, live on a ranch in the Big Bend region of West Texas where they provide a home for 14 horses. As an only child of artists (Rachel’s father, Robert James Waller, wrote The Bridges of Madison County), Rachel grew up surrounded by animals so it seems natural for horses to be the focus of her photography work. A professional equine photographer, Rachel says of the horses, “Mostly they have touched my life through my lens in ways I would have never imagined.” Because of the rapid rate of roundups these days, she felt it was important to bring her daughter, Cheyenne, out to see the wild horses in New Mexico before they disappeared from the public lands. Cheyenne has inherited a deep love of horses from both of her parents—her father is a Native American (Crow) stunt man and horse trainer in the movies—and consequently, Cheyenne has become an effective wild horse advocate and fundraiser.
Shelly Gibbs has been deeply connected to animals her whole life. The daughter of a large animal veterinarian, Shelly grew up on a farm where her first encounter with horses was as a baby. After a long absence from horses, Shelly unexpectedly acquired a quarter horse gelding named Copper who was suffering from a difficult past. Through Shelly’s search for methods to heal Copper, she found a mentor whose profound connection to horses through bodywork inspired a new life direction. In Shelly’s own words, “The horses will tell you what they need if you just listen.”
Jackie Fleming, founder of Cimarron Sky-Dog Sanctuary, moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994. A fan of westerns and pioneering history all of her life, she felt moving to the wide open spaces, high desert climate and attitudes was a dream come true. She started her wild horse sanctuary in 2000, with the mission to provide a free roaming home for wild horses that had been caught in New Mexico or were in BLM holding pens in Oklahoma, and to domestic horses that have been abused, neglected, abandoned and retired, that were now facing destruction and desertion. Cimarron Sky-Dog Sanctuary is based on her 50 acre ranch near the village of Cerrillos, New Mexico, just south of Santa Fe, and on 420 acres in Watrous, New Mexico. Jackie believes that Cimarron Sky-Dog Sanctuary is a refuge for horses already in existence and does not encourage the breeding of either the wild or the domestic horses that will eventually make their home within its boundaries. She takes population control seriously and explore all avenues of birth control while at the same time preserving a life for her horses that is as close to their natural state as possible.
Sandi Claypool leases a 5,000-acre ranch in Tierra Amarilla, south of Chama, New Mexico where she and her late mother, archeologist Ila Bromberg, worked to reproduce genetically pure descendants of the original Spanish mustangs. The Monero Mustang sanctuary’s mission is to make sure this endangered strain of horse does not become extinct and to educate New Mexicans about the treasure they have in their midst—a regal and adaptive group of horses that helped build the American West. Sandi knows all of the sanctuary horses by the names she has given them and their unique histories that have brought them to her sanctuary. She also conveys her belief that horses are good for the land, that their presence on the ranch has helped the grass to spread and improved grazing conditions.
Crew:
Donna Wells, Writer/Producer/Director moved to New Mexico in 1989 to attend the Anthropology Film Center, a 16mm ethnographic film school located on Upper Canyon Road in Santa Fe. She spent the previous 13 years living in Los Angeles, where she studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury and worked behind the scenes in the film industry for production companies such as Fonda Films, New World Pictures, and Compass International Pictures. She was inspired by her work with Argentine Director, Luis Puenzo, who encouraged her to write and pursue her own projects.
In 2001, she completed her MFA in Creative Writing at Goddard College in Vermont. In 2007, she wrote the exhibit text and produced and directed the exhibit film, “Free Flow: The Gila River in New Mexico,” for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. She completed her first full length documentary film, “She had some horses,” in 2011 and the film has been screened at the Chagrin Falls Documentary Film Festival, Louisville International Film Festival, Vegas Independent Film Festival (bronze bulb winner), White Sands International Film Festival, Park City Film Music Festival, Idyllwild CinemaFest, The Wild Horse Film Showcase, New Mexico Filmmaker’s Showcase and Intendence Film Festival in Colorado (Jury Prize winner: Best Documentary 2013). She is currently in production on a film about the Horse Shelter in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mark Kashmar, Composer/Musician has a long history as a musician in Ruidoso, New Mexico, playing in such haunts as The Swim and Racket Club, Chaparral, and Cousins after moving town in 1976 to accept a teaching job. He returned to Ruidoso again in 1998, after spending time in California and Santa Fe, where he continued to play in local Ruidoso spots like Le Cave and Café Rio. Most recently, he performed at the Ruidoso Mountain Blues Festival and continues his regular Thursday night at Café Rio. He also performs regularly in Hatch and Las Cruces, New Mexico. His music and composition for "She had some horses" led to the film being chosen to screen at the Park City Film Music Festival, the first US film festival dedicated to the impact of music in film. He is composing the score for Ms. Wells' current film about the Horse Shelter in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Cast:
Lynne Pomeranz, a political activist and award-winning equine photographer, has dreamed of horses since she was three years old. In Lynne’s book, Among Wild Horses, she credits her quest to photograph America’s wild horses to a day she spent on Mount Taylor, “One day, I caught my first glimpse of wild horses. There were three of them, all grays, and as soon as they caught sight of our vehicle, they galloped away. I realized I had witnessed a rite of freedom that made my spirit soar.” Lynne, who leads wild horse workshops for photographers, horse and nature lovers, is renowned for her tireless efforts to help the wild horses in New Mexico. We accompany Lynne and her workshop participants during one of her wild horse workshops to the Monero Mustang Sanctuary and the Jicarilla Wild Horse Territory. Located 40 miles east of Bloomfield, New Mexico, the Jicarilla Wild Horse Territory consists of 76,000 acres within the Carson National Forest, bordering the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. The land was one of 303 areas set aside for the horses in 1971 with the passing of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. It is home to almost 400 free-roaming horses of mixed ancestry.
Rachel Waller and her 8-year old daughter, Cheyenne Rondeau, live on a ranch in the Big Bend region of West Texas where they provide a home for 14 horses. As an only child of artists (Rachel’s father, Robert James Waller, wrote The Bridges of Madison County), Rachel grew up surrounded by animals so it seems natural for horses to be the focus of her photography work. A professional equine photographer, Rachel says of the horses, “Mostly they have touched my life through my lens in ways I would have never imagined.” Because of the rapid rate of roundups these days, she felt it was important to bring her daughter, Cheyenne, out to see the wild horses in New Mexico before they disappeared from the public lands. Cheyenne has inherited a deep love of horses from both of her parents—her father is a Native American (Crow) stunt man and horse trainer in the movies—and consequently, Cheyenne has become an effective wild horse advocate and fundraiser.
Shelly Gibbs has been deeply connected to animals her whole life. The daughter of a large animal veterinarian, Shelly grew up on a farm where her first encounter with horses was as a baby. After a long absence from horses, Shelly unexpectedly acquired a quarter horse gelding named Copper who was suffering from a difficult past. Through Shelly’s search for methods to heal Copper, she found a mentor whose profound connection to horses through bodywork inspired a new life direction. In Shelly’s own words, “The horses will tell you what they need if you just listen.”
Jackie Fleming, founder of Cimarron Sky-Dog Sanctuary, moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994. A fan of westerns and pioneering history all of her life, she felt moving to the wide open spaces, high desert climate and attitudes was a dream come true. She started her wild horse sanctuary in 2000, with the mission to provide a free roaming home for wild horses that had been caught in New Mexico or were in BLM holding pens in Oklahoma, and to domestic horses that have been abused, neglected, abandoned and retired, that were now facing destruction and desertion. Cimarron Sky-Dog Sanctuary is based on her 50 acre ranch near the village of Cerrillos, New Mexico, just south of Santa Fe, and on 420 acres in Watrous, New Mexico. Jackie believes that Cimarron Sky-Dog Sanctuary is a refuge for horses already in existence and does not encourage the breeding of either the wild or the domestic horses that will eventually make their home within its boundaries. She takes population control seriously and explore all avenues of birth control while at the same time preserving a life for her horses that is as close to their natural state as possible.
Sandi Claypool leases a 5,000-acre ranch in Tierra Amarilla, south of Chama, New Mexico where she and her late mother, archeologist Ila Bromberg, worked to reproduce genetically pure descendants of the original Spanish mustangs. The Monero Mustang sanctuary’s mission is to make sure this endangered strain of horse does not become extinct and to educate New Mexicans about the treasure they have in their midst—a regal and adaptive group of horses that helped build the American West. Sandi knows all of the sanctuary horses by the names she has given them and their unique histories that have brought them to her sanctuary. She also conveys her belief that horses are good for the land, that their presence on the ranch has helped the grass to spread and improved grazing conditions.
Crew:
Donna Wells, Writer/Producer/Director moved to New Mexico in 1989 to attend the Anthropology Film Center, a 16mm ethnographic film school located on Upper Canyon Road in Santa Fe. She spent the previous 13 years living in Los Angeles, where she studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury and worked behind the scenes in the film industry for production companies such as Fonda Films, New World Pictures, and Compass International Pictures. She was inspired by her work with Argentine Director, Luis Puenzo, who encouraged her to write and pursue her own projects.
In 2001, she completed her MFA in Creative Writing at Goddard College in Vermont. In 2007, she wrote the exhibit text and produced and directed the exhibit film, “Free Flow: The Gila River in New Mexico,” for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. She completed her first full length documentary film, “She had some horses,” in 2011 and the film has been screened at the Chagrin Falls Documentary Film Festival, Louisville International Film Festival, Vegas Independent Film Festival (bronze bulb winner), White Sands International Film Festival, Park City Film Music Festival, Idyllwild CinemaFest, The Wild Horse Film Showcase, New Mexico Filmmaker’s Showcase and Intendence Film Festival in Colorado (Jury Prize winner: Best Documentary 2013). She is currently in production on a film about the Horse Shelter in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mark Kashmar, Composer/Musician has a long history as a musician in Ruidoso, New Mexico, playing in such haunts as The Swim and Racket Club, Chaparral, and Cousins after moving town in 1976 to accept a teaching job. He returned to Ruidoso again in 1998, after spending time in California and Santa Fe, where he continued to play in local Ruidoso spots like Le Cave and Café Rio. Most recently, he performed at the Ruidoso Mountain Blues Festival and continues his regular Thursday night at Café Rio. He also performs regularly in Hatch and Las Cruces, New Mexico. His music and composition for "She had some horses" led to the film being chosen to screen at the Park City Film Music Festival, the first US film festival dedicated to the impact of music in film. He is composing the score for Ms. Wells' current film about the Horse Shelter in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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