In this Web-exclusive video, filmmaker Ginger Kathrens discusses the remarkable family drama that set the stage for Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions, the power of the hunch to lead her to the action when logic told her there was none to film, and her relationship with Trace, the wild horse she adopted from the Pryors in the first Cloud film.
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Ginger .. you make us all feel like we are right there with you feeling exactly the way that you do. The love of these horses is something that you can not escape. We will continue to help you to keep Cloud Free and pray he is not removed in 2012 when he will be more than 10 years old. Thank You!
MaryA from Dayton Ohio
Just as the birthright of humans is to be free so should that of all living creatures.
Fantastic movie. Thank you so much for showing us these beautiful wild creatures in a beautiful part of our country.
Enjoy your work! The films are wounderful! Thank you for opening your world to us the viewers. Cloud and his family now feel like our family also. God Bless you, Ginger and all thoses that work along side you for what you do for the mustage,& for the world they live in. We are all better because of you. Thanks so much.
When I was young, my favorite book was about wild mustangs. I read it over and over and over. I’m so sad to hear that these special animals are still being rounded up. It’s so frustrating. I’m so glad you haven’t given up. Please keep bringing us these programs. I feel that it’s our greatest hope to reach the goal of saving our wild horses.
Fantastic! My whole family enjoyed this! Thank you!
Wow. You’ve been blessed with a gift and we’ve been blessed with the results of that gift. Thank you for personalizing the story of the wild horses. By making these beautiful films, you have allowed us to have a brief glimpse into their lives as well as informing us of their continued plight. I’d love to see many more of these programs!
Cloud–Challenge of the Staillions. Thank you so much for this wonderful film….for showing the love of wild horses for freedom and love of their family. I hope to see more of your films on PBS. Thank you for your love of these beautiful creatures.
Ginger – you have opened my eyes to a beautiful world. I am grateful to be living in an age when this kind of media is accessible to the masses. I can only imagine the great lineage of horses that have come before our time. I feel very humbled to have stumbled upon your program by chance tonight. When I dream tonight I hope to find myself back in the mountains with Cloud and all the others. Cheers.
We thoroughly enjoyed watching the show last night! What a wonderful gift you give to all Americans, to continue to follow Cloud and the other wild horses of the mountains. America’s herd is a national treasure. I wish the BLM would leave them alone. With the predation of the lions, their numbers are kept down by natural means.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AVENTURE. SEEM TO ME WITH BIRTH CONTROL, MOUNTAINLIONS, ECT. THE GOVEORMENT SHOULD LEAVE THE HORSES TO GODS CONTROL., AND SHOULDTREAT EACH HEARD/LOCATION DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THE HERD. NO GROWTH FOR 3 SEASONS DOESNT NEED TO BE ROUNDED UP.
Mesmerizing, Ginger. Cloud and the others seem like family members. I hope to continue to see these wonderful stories about Cloud and his family and friends.
Ginger,
CONGRATULATIONS on Cloud Challenge of the Stallions! Once again, I am more in love with these wild horses, their epic drama, and their wonderful home than ever. You and your wonderful crew have provided us with a magnificent artful living portrait of these most special iconic beings, with this panoramic view of strength, freedom, love, family, and the wildness of our Western landscape and history.
Thank you and thank you PBS Nature! And hopeful for a fourth continuing saga.
What can we do to set Cloud free? Is there any system in place to continue to report on the foals that were auctioned? I was so glad to have seen the third installment of Clouds story and to see Image was as you said breathtaking. Then at the end to hear that Cloud, Boulder and the rest had been captured was heartbreaking! Please keep us informed on the journey of the wild horse herds, you are fantastic!
The 3rd Cloud film was fantastic. My top 2 favorite scenes are of Shaman attacking Bolder around the end, and then the birth of Dusty.
I wish more characters could have been introduced, though. Cloud Dancer, Image’s mother, wasn’t really introduced, Ember was never seen or named, Aztec, Shadow’s mother, was never named. But other then that, FANTASTIC!
Ginger, You are my hero! This has been a supper experience through your eyes. Sad that our Cloud had to be captured. Just not right! Thank you for all of your effort, and again You are my hero!
Ginger, my husband and I loved Clouds story. I am relieved to hear that he will remain wild. Thank you for your wonderful documentary(I’ve seen all three parts) and much success in your quest to protect wild horses.
i love your work Ginger my dream is to do what u do or fix the the way the BLM douse maneges things
I have seen all three of your episodes over the years…luckily have just happened to catch them on PBS ! (Have never seen previously advertisement, etc… so do consider myself lucky in catching them! This time, I was so very saddened by the ending…I am glad that I did not witness those glorious creatures being rounded up! ( If I understood correctly, they were moved to lower pastures or ?) Please Please keep us Cloud fans updated on the fate of those now-so-familiar mustangs! Will you do a documentary from their new location??? I will surely watch for anything from you in the future. Bless you for your devotion …
We are an equestrian family. I need to get in touch w/ Ginger PLS! We must save Cloud, his band, and the others…Together we can accomplish this!!
I love horses but I can’t just ride on
Thank you Ginger……I have enjoyed the two previous films you have done on Cloud….yes we must save the wild horse population……Karen
Dear MS. Kathrens, Thank you so much for the joy you bring to me . I appreciate your passion and love for cloud and all the other horses. I always look forward to the update on how he is doing and the others. In series three my heart weighed heavy to here at the end of the news of the others being sold. This may not be a bad thing if they are treated right. But to loose freedom from the natural habitat appears to be a sad thing. I just hate the winters that they must survive in. What is the right thing to do for these majestic animals? What a wonderful career you have. I thank you and your staff or who ever it is with you on the filming, Your calm voice and the feeling I get is that you are a good person on this earth. I ran away when I was six years old because I wanted a horse; now well in my 50’s and still have the same deep feelings for horses Also. I am grateful to you because you brought back thankful memories of my Dad who bought me my first horse. I will help.
I want to thank you for these programs. I have had horses for 20 plus years and when I heard that cloud and his band had been rounded up my heart just sank. What a travesty. It just does NOT seem fair to cage these wild animals. What can I do to help? There must be something we as horse people and those who just enjoy the magnificent animal can do to free them. I well help.
I love the little foals in the spring time. They are alwase so cute. And I love watching Cloud. He’s such a beautiful horse.