was looking to put a modern spin on “Black Beauty,” Anna Sewell’s classic novel

it came time to adapt the book for a new generation of moviegoers, Avis opted

debuted on Disney+ in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, but the journey didn’t

upsetting because if horse people don’t know this is happening, what about the

has claimed that they do this to ensure that horses don’t become overpopulated or

argues that these justifications are ever shifting and spurious

keep coming up with different reasons,” she says

to be put under a microscope for changing their narrative so many times

her crew spent four years doing just that, and at one point were able to

they shot showed officials using helicopters to corral the horses, an approach which the film