Short film
The Horse Sacrifice
1970 · 18 min
A cold, confrontational art provocation that unsettles more than it entertains, leaving you uneasy about what you are watching.
- Directed by
- Bjørn Nørgaard
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Broadcast to a large portion of the Danish population in January 1970, Hesteofringen ('Horse Sacrifice') was the ostensible ritual slaughtering and dismemberment of a horse in protest of the ongoing war in Vietnam (the horse was actually very old and put down humanely by a vet).
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Violence, war, art, death
- Content
- Strong violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Bjørn Nørgaard
- Genres
- Documentary
