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DARK HORSE

by Louise Osmond

synopsis

In early 2000, in a tiny village in one of the poorest mining valleys in Wales, Jan Vokes, the barmaid at the local men’s club, hatches a crazy plan to take on the “sport of kings” and breed a racehorse. She gathers together a group of locals who each agree to pitch in 10 pounds a week. They raise their foal on a hillside made of slag from the coal mine and nurture it to maturity. Reflecting their pride and flights of fancy, they name their horse Dream Alliance.

original title: Dark Horse
country: United Kingdom
sales agent: Protagonist Pictures
year: 2015
genre: documentary
directed by: Louise Osmond
film run: 85'
cinematography by: Benjamin Kracun
film editing: Joby Gee
music: Anne Nikitin
producer: Judith Dawson
production: Darlow Smithson Productions, World’s End Pictures

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