Blue Zeus The Movie

This was taken on the way to the screening of #BlueZeus at the @WYOFilmFest in #Sheridan yesterday with my #heroes - #wildhorse photographers and advocates Jim Brown of High Plains Reflections and Chad & Lynn Hanson of the Wyoming Mustang Institute.

Some of the incredible #wildhorse advocates who star in #bluezeusthemovie, including Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Martin, Clare Staples, Chad & Lynn Hanson, and Jim Brown. The movie screens tonight in the @WYOFilmFest in #Sheridan, not far from the #reddesert native homeland of #BlueZeus and his family.

Today we are in #Sheridan #Wyoming at the #WYOfilmfest for the screening #BlueZeus. We are not far from where this #reddesert #stallion lived wild & free most of his life. An emotional weekend, but very cathartic that is shared with incredible #wildhorse advocates, who are part of the #documentary.

We are extremely proud, grateful, and thrilled to announce that #BlueZeus won Best Feature Documentary at the #pikespeakdocufest! It was a wonderful night. So many amazing #skydogsanctuary followers and fans turned out to support the movie and cheer it on. #wildhorses #documentary

Next stop: #Wyoming. #BlueZeus will be in the #WYOFilmFestival at the WYO Theater in #Sheridan. Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 2:00 PM. A Q&A panel will follow the film. Come up and say hi, I look forward to seeing you. For Tickets: www.etix.com/ticket/p/754...

THANK YOU #PikesPeakdocuFEST for screening the #Colorado premier of #BlueZeus. It was great to meet so many #wildhorse supporters and watch the movie with them. Thank you to all who attended.

Some members of the #BlueZeus team at the #PikesPeakdocuFEST in #coloradosprings last night. Scott Wilson of #photoadvocacy, Chris Alstrin of #alstrincinema, Clare Staples of #skydogsanctuary, and Chris Andrews of #monumentsound. #wildhorses #documentary

Pikes Peak docuFEST Come watch the Pikes Peak docuFEST on October 3-4 with me.

Blue Zeus screens Friday, October 3, 2025 at the Pikes Peak docuFEST in #ColoradoSprings #CO. Tickets for opening night are going fast, so get yours now: bit.ly/3IN3FAA

Step into the world of Blue Zeus and witness the fight of a wild #stallion for freedom. Our award-winning documentary is making its way to film festivals across the country. We’d love for you to join us to see it on the big screen. Schedule of Showings: bit.ly/472A1k9

The #pikespeakdocufest showcases outstanding documentaries that inspire positive change with the transformative power of storytelling through film. #BlueZeus screens Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at 9:25 PM in the Millibo Art Theater, Colorado Springs. Tickets: bit.ly/4pB5yRw

Thank you so much #BostonFilmFestival for the BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE #award. This is outstanding news for #wildhorses and #burros and raising awareness in their greatest moment of peril. Next weekend #BlueZeus will play
at the #PikesPeakDocuFest and #WyomingFilmFest. We hope you can join us!

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The Wyoming Film Festival in #Sheridan #Wyoming will screen #BlueZeus on Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 2:00 pm. #ClareStaples, founder of Skydog Sanctuary, will be there to meet the audience and answer questions. To Buy Passes: wyofilmfest.org/buy-passes/wyofilmfest

For the movie #BlueZeus, #RockyRomano, #MirandaWinters, #AnalisMartin, #ChrisAlstrin combined powerful, authentic, thought-provoking, non-fiction storytelling with stunning cinematography to shine a spotlight on the plight of #wildhorses and the vital work being done at #skydogsanctuary.

Search for articles by Eric Molvar, a wildlife biologist. He has written extensively on why livestock grazing is the single biggest threat of all commercial activities threatening public lands.

Many ranchers with privileged commercial access to public lands for grazing livestock are millionaires or billionaire corporations with names like Koch, Hilton, Simplot. They are heavily subsidized by taxpayers for cheap grazing permits while contributing less than 2% total US beef production.

YouTube video by Western Watersheds Project Erik Molvar on Ecological Roles of Wild Horses, Cattle and Sheep

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BREAKING: Scientific report reveals livestock as the key factor in cheatgrass spread - Western Watersheds Project A scientific report released today illuminates the causes of cheatgrass spread and compares the effectiveness of various methods to restore invaded plant communities. The report reviews over 500 studi...

For more about this, Eric Molvar @westernwatersheds.bsky.social:

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That creates a perfect environment for non-native, invasive cheatgrass. It’s green in the spring, but once it's dry, it has no forage or habitat value for wildlife and turns grasslands into ecological wastelands. It is also extremely flammable and burns with unusual intensity.

Meanwhile, their hooves break up the biological soil crusts, a complex web of microscopic organisms that can take 100 years to grow back. It gets no time to recover due to constant overgrazing in massive numbers turning it into dust and wiping out the perennial bunch grasses.

The intermountain west has native perennial bunch grasses that can live up to 60 years. Their roots go down 6 feet or more in dense networks and store a lot of carbon underground - they are our most resilient carbon sinks. They can’t survive heavy cattle grazing year after year.

Overgrazing cattle transforms narrow, deep stream channels that are cool and clear and support trout, into wide, shallow, muddy water, murky streams that won't support the native fish anymore. They destroy the aquatic ecosystems in the West, where fresh water is more precious than gold.

Heavy cattle grazing wipes out willows and other shrubs along the waterways, so nothing shades the stream. It breaks the stream banks down and silt erodes into the water. Cattle constantly urinate and defecate in the water, destroying water quality.

Consequently, they concentrate along streams, around the springs. That's where all the moist vegetation is located. Those valley bottom stream sides are the richest, most biodiverse oases in the desert. Cattle denude them, destroying the most important wildlife habitat.

Cattle are ecological misfits in the arid American west, in the desert. They were bred from an animal that originated in the boggy forests of Northern Europe. They're used to really wet climates with abundant rainfall, rich deep soils, and high productivity.

Clare Staples accepts the 2025 Humanitarian Award from the #BostonFilmFestival to a standing ovation at the premiere of #BlueZeus. #SkydogSanctuary is a rescue mission and statement of her unwavering devotion to preserving the spirit and bond of America’s #wildhorse and #burro herds.

The MSSPA of Windham, Maine had the honor of presenting #ClareStaples with the #Humanitarian Award at the #BostonFilmFestival 2025. After saving 3 starved, neglected Saylor Creek #wildhorses from a hoarding disaster, they worked with Clare to bring them to #SkydogSanctuary to be rewilded.

A beautiful introduction by executive producer #MatthewRhys to #ClareStaples of #skydogsanctuary, recipient of the #humanitarian award at the 41st #BostonFilmFestival.
Presented after the screening of #BlueZeus on 9/20/25 for her dedication & tireless efforts to rescue #wildhorses & #burros.

Thank you #BostonFilmFestival and all who came to see the documentary #BlueZeus this evening. It was a perfect night! #wildhorses #documentary #film

The Bureau of Land Management claims #horses don’t form familial bonds. Many experts who have studied #wildhorses on the range for decades disagree. The reunion of #BlueZeus with his #family is the greatest proof that family matters and those bonds are eternal. Breaking them apart is terribly cruel