Wild horse documentary featuring RTF airing on PBS

The documentary “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” has begun airing on PBS stations.

The film traces the story of America’s wild horses from their turbulent history to their uncertain future. It features Return to Freedom’s sanctuary and others working to help wild horses in different ways.

An estimated 73,500 wild horses and burros live on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, with more than 63,000 horses and burros captured in roundups now warehoused in off-range government holding facilities.

Robert Redford, Patti Scialfa Springsteen and Jessica Springsteen executive produced the film, which features songs by Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson as well as an original song written by Diane Warren performed by Blanco Brown.

For updated schedule information, see the film’s Facebook page.

Schedule by location provided by the filmmakers (as of July 12):

ARIZONA

Phoenix—Arizona PBS: 8-16 at 3 pm

ARKANSAS

Statewide—Arkansas PBS: 8-15 at 3:30 pm

CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles—KVCR: 8-1 at 6 pm; PBS SoCal: 8-26 at 2:30 pm

San Francisco—KPJK: 8-25 at 7 pm

CONNECTICUT

Statewide—Spirit channel: 7-23 at 11 am

ILLINOIS

Champaign—Illinois Public Media: 8-29 at 3:30 pm

Charleston—WEIU: 9-10 at 8 pm, 9-11 at 10 pm and 2 am

Chicago—Lakeshore PTV: 8-4 at 8 pm

INDIANA

Indianapolis / Muncie—Ball State PBS: 7-20 at 8 pm

Indianapolis—WFYI: 8-15 at 9 pm

South Bend—Michiana Public Media: 9-25 at 9 pm

KENTUCKY

Statewide—KET2: 8-8 at 9 pm

FLORIDA

Ft. Myers / Naples—WGCU: 8-22 at 4 pm, 8-24 at 5 pm, 8-30 at 3 am

Miami—WLRN: 7-18 at 9 pm, 2 am

Orlando—WEFS: 8-18 at 8 pm

MASSACHUSETTS

Springfield—NEPM: 8-25 at 3 pm

MICHIGAN

Marquette—WNMU: 8-18 at 6:30 pm

MINNESOTA

Duluth / Superior—PBS Explore: 8-27 at 8 pm; WDSE / WRPT: 12-13 at 1 pm

Minneapolis / St. Paul—TPT2: 8-22 at 2 p.m.

MONTANA

Statewide—Montana PBS: 8-16 at 12:30 pm; 8-18 at 10:30 pm

NATIONAL BROADCAST

WORLD Channel: 8-26 at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT), 8-27 at 1 am ET (10 pm PT on 8-26), 8-27 at 9 am ET (6 am PT)

NEVADA

Las Vegas—Vegas PBS: 8-21 at 8:30 pm, 8-22 at 1:30 am and 2:30 pm

NEW JERSEY

Statewide—NJ PBS: 8-26 at 9 pm

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque—New Mexico PBS: 8-22 at 2 pm

NEW YORK

New York City—WNET: 7-21 at 6:30 pm; WLIW: 8-22 at 8 pm

NORTH CAROLINA

Statewide—PBS North Carolina: 8-23 at 2:30 pm

OHIO

Bowling Green—WBCU: 7-17 at 3:30 pm

Cincinnati—KET2: 8-8 at 9 pm

Columbus—WOUB: 8-4 at 3:30 pm, 8-27 at midnight; Classic: 8-11 at 9 pm; WOSU: 8-18 at 1 pm

OKLAHOMA

Tulsa—RSU: 8-6 at 7 pm

Statewide—OETA: 8-24 at 2 pm, 8-25 at 10 am

OREGON

Statewide—Oregon PB: 8-21 at 11 pm, 8-23 at 4 am

PENNSYLVANIA

Johnstown / Altoona—WPSU: 8-9 at 9 pm

Philadelphia— WHYY: 7-25 at 10 pm

Scranton—WVIA: 8-8 at 9 pm

RHODE ISLAND

Statewide—Rhode Island PBS: 7-29 at 9 pm

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston— KET2: 8-8 at 9 pm

Statewide (and some GA)—ETV World: 8-24 at noon

TENNESSEE

Memphis—WKNO: 7-25 at 3 pm

Nashville—NPT: 8-22 at 3:30 pm

TEXAS

Austin—KLRU: 8-9 at 8 pm

UTAH

Salt Lake City—KUED: 7-21 at 1 pm; KUEN: 8-9 at 8 pm

VERMONT

Statewide—Vermont Public Plus: 8-27 at 1 am and 9 am

VIRGINIA

Roanoke—WBRA: 8-25 at 9 pm, 8-27 at 1 am and 9 am; PBS-2: 9-1 at 4 am

WASHINGTON

Pullman—KWSU: 7-24 at 8 pm

WISCONSIN

Statewide—PBS Wisconsin: 9-11 at 8 pm

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