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Long Rider Films!
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In 1910 Bud and Temple
Abernathy, aged 6 and 10, saddled horses on their Oklahoma ranch and set off
alone on a trip of more than two thousand miles to shake hands with their
family friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, in New York City. Now the exploits of the Abernathy boys have been made into a documentary by the University of Oklahoma. Visit the website of The Grand Ride of the Abernathy Boys for more information about this excellent film, which includes some fascinating historical information. Or read the book about the Abernathys amazing equestrian journeys, published by The Long Riders' Guild Press! |
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Robin and Louella Hanbury-Tenison have made a film about their journey through Albania, which is being presented at the Cannes Film Festival. Here is a trailer |
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A classic adventure by the
makers of "King Kong." In 1924, neophyte filmmakers and Long Riders Merian
C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack hooked up with journalist and sometime
spy Marguerite Harrison and set off to film an adventure. They found
excitement, danger and unparalleled drama in the migration of the Bakhtiari
tribe of Persia (now Iran). Twice a year, more than 50,000 people and half a
million animals surmounted seemingly impossible obstacles to take their
herds to pasture. This, the first film ever made by Long Riders, is now available again. Click on picture to visit the website of Milestone Films. |
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Tim Cope is busy preparing a three-part, six-hour documentary entitled "In the Steppes of the Nomads" about his journey from Mongolia to Hungary! We hope to have a copy of the trailer soon. |
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In 1889 Cossack Lieutenant Dmitri Peshkov made equestrian history when he rode 5,500 miles from Siberia to the Czar's palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. This amazing winter-time ride has now become the genesis of the world's first twenty-first century Long Rider film. Click on picture to learn more about Serko, the inspirational story of Peshkov and his horse. |
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First he rode 19,000 miles from the bottom of South America to the top of Alaska. Now the noted independent Russian film maker, Vladimir Fissenko, is busy interviewing the most historically important Long Riders. Click on picture to read about Vladimir's exciting new Long Rider Films. |
