What People Are Saying

🎬 Awards Won

• Los Angeles Film Awards — Winner: Best Documentary Feature

• International Independent Film Awards — Gold Winner

• ARFF Amsterdam International Film Festival — Winner: Global Award

• New York Movie Awards — Winner: Gold Award

• Florence Film Awards — Winner: Gold Award

🗣️ Viewers

• Susan "This brilliant work creates an imperative for all of us to reflect on our own behaviour — not only when riding and training our horses, but in how we witness and respond to harm in any relationship."

• Judith: "This film broke me open. I saw how much I’d normalised pressure and compliance — in myself, and in how I thought I was being kind."
• Andrea: "I’ve never seen anything like this. It helped me realise the difference between care and control — not just with horses, but in life."

A Journey That Speaks to Us All — Beyond Horses, Into the Heart of How We Live and Relate

These short video snapshots invite you into the heart of The Horse, The Human, The Truth — a groundbreaking series about far more than horses. Guided by award-winning actress Edie FALCO’s narration, the series draws powerful parallels between coercive control in human relationships and socially accepted practices in horse training. What emerges is a universal story: how the need for control, achievement, and obedience shapes every aspect of our lives — from parenting and education to leadership, relationships, and self-worth. Through raw, intimate stories and expert insights, this is a journey for anyone ready to question old patterns and explore new pathways to freedom, empathy, and genuine connection — with animals, with others, and with ourselves.

Part 1 – Unseen Needs, Untold Suffering

What if silence isn’t peace—but a survival strategy?

Description:
This opening episode explores what happens when we override another being’s boundaries—gently, habitually, and without question. It’s about learned quietness, and the pain that hides behind the appearance of calm.

Part 2 – Violence’s Hidden Echo

Some forms of control are so familiar, we stop seeing them.

Description:
This episode looks at the subtler shapes of harm—the ones that don’t leave visible marks. It’s a reflection on how power operates quietly, and how easy it is to mistake dominance for care.

Part 3 –The Control’s Veiled Grip

What if obedience is just another way of disappearing?

Description:
Control doesn’t always look like control.
In this part, we examine how social and relational conditioning teaches us to go along, give in, or stay small—even when it doesn’t feel right.

Part 4 –Beyond Power, Beyond Shame

The moment you stop forcing, something else can begin.

Description:
This episode explores what emerges when we let go of power games. It’s about presence instead of performance, and the courage it takes to relate without hiding or pushing.

Part 5 –Obedience or Distress?

Stillness isn’t always peace. Sometimes, it’s shutdown.

Description:
When someone seems “easy” or “good,” we rarely ask: what did they give up to become that way? This part challenges us to rethink obedience—and recognize the cost of compliance.

Part 6 –Finding Balance: A New Harmony

There is another way. A quieter, more honest way.

Description:
We finish not with a system, but a shift.
This final episode offers an invitation to live—and relate—with less force, more feeling, and a deeper kind of respect. For others. For ourselves.