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201436 minGdocumentary

family-dynamics Animals

The Pony

201436 minGdocumentary

In Saskatchewan, two farm children find a place for their pony named Pancho amidst the challenges of a fully mechanized wheat farm during Christmas.

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Channel: NFB

The Pony

2014• 36 minG

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In Saskatchewan, two farm children find a place for their pony named Pancho amidst the challenges of a fully mechanized wheat farm during Christmas.

Synopsis

This short film tells the heart-warming Christmas story of two Saskatchewan farm children and a pony named Pancho. There's no real place for a horse on a fully mechanized wheat farm, but with will and heart they prove that one can be found.

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