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THE LONG RIDER
Directed by: Sean Cisterna | 96 min | 2022 | Canada
Filmmaker Sean Cisterna and film subject Filipe Leite will be in attendance for this screening!
When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada, the aspiring journalist sets out on an epic quest to ride from Calgary to his family's home in Brazil entirely on horseback. Inspired by Aimé Tschiffely's 1925 equestrian journey, Filipe's 8 year odyssey of over 25,000 kms across 12 international borders, sees the young immigrant battle intense heat, drought, speeding transport trucks, nature's wrath and corrupt border guards on his history-making long ride home. Culled from over 500 hours of never-before-seen-footage.
Listen in to Christian Zyp’s interview with filmmaker Sean Cisterna on CJSR’s Moving Radio.