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Run Free - The True Story of Caballo Blanco

Sterling Noren
United States, 2015, 93 min.

In English.
Includes adult language.

Run Free - The True Story of Caballo Blanco, chronicles the life of American ultra running legend Micah True (Caballo Blanco, or the White Horse) and his quest to create an ultra marathon in Mexico's Copper Canyon to promote and preserve Tarahumara running tradition. True was a main character in Christopher McDougall's best-selling book "Born to Run - A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen."

Director's Statement

I met ultra runner Micah True (Caballo Blanco) by chance while motorcycling in the heart of North America's largest wilderness'the Copper Canyon'located in the Sierra Madre Mountains of northern Mexico. He invited me to experience the beauty of the region and its inhabitants through the race he created, the 50-mile Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon. My aim is to share Micah's legacy of hope and peace for the running people of the Copper Canyon.

Category: Documentary.
Themes: Sports, Biography, Relationships, Indigenous.

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