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Cindy Meehl on BUCK at Film Forward, Imperial Valley, CA

May 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

BUCK Goes to the Imperial Valley and Mexicali

Posted by Cindy Meehl, director, BUCK on May 09, 2012 at 05:05 pm.

Cindy Meehl speaks to students at Clexico High School. Photo by Jennifer Prediger.

The Imperial Valley in California is a unique border location that I had never heard of before I went with FILM FORWARD and my film BUCK. It was an experience I will never forget. I had been told to prepare for HOT weather, but upon arriving, I was pleasantly surprised to find a dry warm breeze that felt wonderful after leaving the damp chill of Connecticut. The Imperial Valley has a desert climate that can get cool and breezy in the evenings, but climb to over 100° during the day! Read complete article >

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Film Forward comes to the Valley

April 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Imperial Valley Press
By ALEJANDRO DAVILA Staff Writer
11:51 p.m. PDT, April 19, 2012
Film enthusiasts will be happy to know that Imperial County is one of only four places in the country where feature documentaryand narrative films will be screened as part of the Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue initiative.“It’s a big deal for us,” said Charla Teeters, executive director of the Imperial County Film Commission.
… In addition, Rachel Perkins, director of the musical “Bran Nue Dae,” and Cindy Meehl, director of “Buck,” will come to the Valley and engage in a question …
May 1, 2012
Imperial Valley Press article >

LAURA GONZALEZ PHOTO / May 1, 2012 ) "Buck" director Cindy Meehl talks to the audience after the screening of the movie at the Stockmen's Club Tuesday in Brawley.

Filed Under: Interviews, News, Special Screenings, Sundance

Sundance Institute Announces Film Forward

April 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

April 19, 2012 Press Release

Exerpts:
Dialogue, a program that promotes cultural dialogue through independent documentary and narrative film, will travel to Imperial Valley and Mexicali from April 30 through May 4. The Imperial County Film Commission and Mexicali Rose Media/Arts Center will present the FILM FORWARD program, which includes 10 films, filmmaker appearances and workshops, at multiple cities in the Imperial Valley including Calexico, Brawley, El Centro and Ocotillo in the U.S. and Mexicali in Mexico. All FILM FORWARD screenings are free of charge and open to the public.

Filmmakers Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae) and Cindy Meehl (Buck) will be in attendance to participate in Q&As, discussions, workshops and meet-and-greet events with local communities at multiple destinations throughout Imperial Valley and in Mexicali. Sundance Institute’s Meredith Lavitt, Associate Director, FILM FORWARD; and Jacqueline Carlson, Manager, FILM FORWARD will also be in attendance.

Read complete press release >

 

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National Ability Center features Buck & BUCK

April 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment

BUCK BRANNAMAN Demo & Reception May 15, 2012
A benefit for the National Ability Center

EVENT DETAILS & INFORMATION
The National Ability Center is honored to host Buck Brannaman, leading horse trainer and the inspiration for the film and book, “The Horse Whisperer”, and star of movie “Buck”, a 2011 Sundance Film Festival US Documentary Audience Award.

Start the week off with a FREE screening of “BUCK” the film, presented by Sundance Institute on Monday, May 14th. Then join us for the main event, Demo & Reception on May 15th, with the man himself, BUCK BRANNAMAN!
Tickets go on sale April 18.

Visit web site for more details

“Your horse is a mirror to your soul, and sometimes you may not like what you see. Sometimes, you will.”

- Buck Brannaman

A true American cowboy and hero, Buck travels the country year round helping horses with people problems. Buck has a phenomenally successful approach to horses. He teaches pepole to communicate with their horses through respect and sensitivity, not punishment.

 

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BUCK Screening in India

March 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment


 

BUCK is screening in India as part of Sundance’s Film Forward

March 16, 9am-4pm
March 17 11 am

Pelicula Auditorium, Whistling Woods International, Film City Rd, Goregaon (East), Mumbai-400065, Maharashtra, India

Whistling Woods International

Founded by one of the India’s leading filmmakers – Subhash Ghai and is promoted by Mukta Arts Limited & Filmcity Mumbai. Whistling Woods International(WWI) is Asia’s largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute, providing world-class education in all technical and creative aspects of filmmaking and television.

Whistling Woods has also been rated amongst the top 10 film schools in the world by ‘The Hollywood Reporter’. WWI was the youngest school to be featured in that list.

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Film Forward showing BUCK in China

January 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Buck Brannaman and Andrea Meditch

March 13-22, 2012

Andrea Meditch, Creative Consultant, and award winning documentary film producer and creative adviser for media companies, will be going to China to show BUCK to Chinese film makers as part of the FILM FORWARD program.

FILM FORWARD is a cultural exchange program designed to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration and dialogue around the globe by engaging audiences through the exhibition of film and conversation with filmmakers. FILM FORWARD is an initiative of Sundance Institute and The President’s committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Horsing around at Sundance: Director Cindy Meehl’s perspective

January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Digital Journal Reports | January 2, 2012
Michael Krebs

Andrea Meditch, Julie Goldman, Buck Brannaman, and Cindy Meehl at Sundance 2011

With the 2012 Sundance Film Festival set to begin on January 19, I caught up with Meehl to ask her about experience with “Buck” and about her Sundance perspectives.

KREBS: Often with journalism and with documentary film making the story reshapes the storyteller’s original thought on the subject at hand. And with Buck, the cowboy helps reorient the perspective of a given troubled horse. How did Buck shape you as a director? And when you see the film now, how does he continue to have an impact on you?

MEEHL: Buck actually did a lot to shape me as a director, though I’m sure he does not know it. He has a way of “raising the bar” on everything you do. There is no such thing as too tired, too difficult or not trying your absolute best in his world. Excuses are a joke to him. He’s like the Nike ad ~~ Just Do It! His hard work philosophy and tenacious manner was a big influence on me. Anyone who has ever made a film knows that it is a job full of challenges and choices. It is not for the faint of heart. Knowing his dedication to his work made me work harder than ever to accurately depict him and achieve what it was that I wanted to say in this film. Seeing the film, even now, I still get choked up when I see him riding alone in that field at the end of the film because I know how hard won his success is.

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Live @ Sundance

November 19, 2011 by 3 Comments

BUCK winning the Acura U.S. Documentary Audience Awards at Sundance 2011

BUCK is at/around 49:00 minutes

Filed Under: Awards & Best Of, Film Festivals, Interviews, News, Sundance, Video

Watch the Trailer for Buck, About a Real-Life Horse Whisperer

May 10, 2011 by 2 Comments

By Kyle Buchanan

The movie won the Documentary Audience Award at Sundance.

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Hartford Courant Review

February 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Documentary About Real ‘Horse Whisperer’ Makes Sundance Splash for Local Filmmaker

Connecticut Connections to Park City Festival

Filmmakers from Connecticut made a huge impression at the recent Sundance Film Festival, but no one was a bigger surprise than Cindy Meehl. With zero filmmaking experience, Meehl, a 54-year-old Redding resident, made a movie about a horse trainer that won the festival’s U.S. Documentary Audience Award. “Buck” earned over-the-top reviews and a distribution deal with Sundance Selects/IFC Films. Read complete Courant article

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