"The Healing"
Escapade Media has secured an exclusive deal for "The Healing" (1x53’) to premiere on American Public Television in November 2024. The series explores a life-saving equine welfare program that brings traumatised ex-racehorses and traumatised veterans together to help heal each other.
Set against the stunning backdrop of Australia, "The Healing" is an inspiring journey of recovery that immerses the audience in the emotional drama of two very different worlds. The stakes are literally life and death for the horses and humans participating in the Thoroughbred and Veteran Welfare Alliance’s 5-day program. All were highly trained, regimented and of great service and value to their employers, but were then discarded and left to fend for themselves. Their previous skills have rendered them useless in the “real world” and they now face uncertain futures.
The two vulnerable groups are brought together by professional horseman Scott Brodie, whose unique system of retraining, teaches both horses and humans new skills that build trust, patience and confidence. In an extraordinary mutual-healing, the horses are retrained for second careers as equestrian, therapy or recreational horses. The veterans regain their pride and focus, return to work and repair relationships with family and friends.
Anthony Appell, Development and Completed Content, USA and Scandinavia, Escapade Media comments: “This formidable film has already changed the lives of so many veterans and first responders, whilst rehabilitating horses – two issues that resonate the world over – and we are excited to have this film to screen to such a large audience”.
Dan Soles, Senior Vice President of Progamming, American Public Television states: “American Public Television is proud to present this powerful documentary. Viewers in the United States will be inspired by the remarkable story of mutual recovery and care for horses and veterans.”