Carriage horse documentary shows reality of New York City carriage horse industry

    Director to be honoured by The Toronto Humane Society

    TORONTO, June 16 /CNW/ - While most people assume a carriage ride through
Central park is a quaint way to spend an hour, for the horses who drag those
carriages, it is work in rain, snow, sleet and congested traffic.
    New Yorker Donny Moss has created a hard-hitting documentary about the
industry.
    That movie, "Blinders," makes its Canadian premiere at the ReelHeART
International Film Festival on Thursday, June 19 (at the University of
Toronto, Innis College). To honour the controversial movie, the THS is hosting
a reception at its main location, 11 River St., on Thursday, June 19 at 11 am.
Director Donny Moss will be on hand to meet the media and take questions.
    Media packages, including a CD of hi-rez photos of carriage horses and a
five minute trailer of the movie will be available at the reception.

    RECEPTION
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    Thursday June 19th/2008 - 11:00am
    Reception at the Toronto Humane Society at 11 River St. Toronto

    -THEN-

    SCREENING
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    Thursday June 19/2008 - 1:45pm
    Screening of the Canadian premiere of BLINDERS at the ReelHeART
    International Film Festival at University of Toronto Innis College -
    Theatre 222, 2nd Floor - Innis Town Hall, Innis College,
    2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus (1 block South of St. George Subway)

    /NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS: A photo accompanying this release is available on
    the CNW Photo Network and archived at http://photos.newswire.ca.
    Additional archived images are also available on the CNW Photo Archive
    website at http://photos.newswire.ca. Images are free to accredited
    members of the media/

Image with caption: A horse lies on the street, worked to death. (CNW Group/Toronto Humane Society)

For further information: Lee Oliver, Senior Communicator, The Toronto
Humane Society, Tel: [phone], ext 2149, Cell: [phone], e-mail:
[e-mail]