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Animal Shorts

The Horse

13m

Directed by Charles Burnett • 1973 • United States

A young boy keeps a horse company during its last moments of life in Charles Burnett’s spare, lyrical student film, which poignantly contrasts the callousness of adults with the empathy of children.

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