It Started with a Horse - (Feature Length Documentary)

WINNER - TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL

Tallgrass Film Festival Jury Statement: An unusual, surprising, striking look at a complex character — the film unfolds like a series of musical movements — with lyrical animated flashbacks that immerse you into a world of romance, danger, and small-town politics.

Mullinville KS, Population 289, Stoplights: 1, Coffee Mugs: 26,000, Outcast Artist: 1

It Started with a Horse is a biographical documentary of legendary Western Kansas folk-artist M.T. Liggett. Filmed over the course of 20 years, this documentary is an unfiltered look into the unbelievable and unapologetic life M.T. lived. We began this film in college in 2002 as a thesis project for a documentary class at the University of Kansas. Over the next 20 years, we painstakingly filmed hundreds of hours of footage and audio to ensure we told the real story of M.T. Liggett. The challenges we faced during this production were many, but I am certain as a friend of M.T. myself, he would be proud of this film. I cannot wait for audiences to see it. Thank you. - Joshua Dubois (Director)