“𝓐 𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓨𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓦𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷”
Overview
Stealing Broomtails is a feature film project to be filmed in Orange County, New York, 40 miles north of Manhattan, in 2024.
Synopsis
Every night 17-year-old half-breed Native American, Sierra, dreams of a horse named Shakespeare and her Native American father whom she lost 5 years ago due to a horse accident. While working at The Cloverfield Stables, she comes across the horse of her dreams, named Shakespeare. She and her friends must free Shakespeare and lead local law enforcement to the ruthless rustlers who are stealing horses from local farms and smuggling them into Canada to be slaughtered for their horse meat.
Sierra and her friends learn of the problem and discover who the bad guys are, and with the aid of undercover US Marshals, the local Sheriff, and Sierra’s grandfather, attempt to rescue the horses.
The setting takes place around the grandfather’s, and his late wife’s, Bed & Breakfast, and surrounding horse farms in the Hudson Valley at the time of the upcoming big rodeo: barrel racing, roping, and Native American drumming dance.
Stealing Broomtails will round up your heart while setting free your inner child’s sense of wonder.
Reach and Appeal
Last year, over 55,000 horses were stolen in the U.S. for the purpose of illegal slaughter and human consumption. It has become an estimated annual 100-million-dollar black market industry fueled by greed and cruelty. Many well-known animal advocacy organizations are steadily increasing awareness and fueling outcry against the practice. A film of this nature will be timely in terms of social consciousness as well as shining additional light on a little-known but growing problem.
Stealing Broomtails is a family-friendly film based on true events. It shows no harm or abuse being done to the horses yet tackles such issues as animal cruelty, racism, bullying, loss, substance abuse, and Native American family dynamics. Its goal is to bring the illegal horse slaughter trade to light in a way that encourages outcry while proactively championing the human issues of those attempting to shut it down.
