Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary has been a private setting for western genre movie making for nearly 20 years!!

Spectacular canyons, miles of the Cheyenne River, 11,000 acres of pristine prairie lands, wild horses everywhere....a historical western setting perfect for location shooting for all venues!

Susan Watt, Program Director at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary and Location Manager Rep, Karla LaRive of Studio West Management have teamed up since 2004 to provide first class location services to film, television and music entertainment projects looking for spectacular western backdrops.

The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary's western location features historic pioneer buildings including; 1870s Fort Robinson set, restored 1890s one-room school house, Native American petrogylphs, Cheyenne River and over 500 wild mustangs. The Sanctuary is privately owned and does not require a film permit. There are no paved roads and telephone lines.

The Sanctuary is conveniently located 14 south of Hot Springs and 65 miles south of Rapid City Regional Airport and accessible to many local amenities including hotel rooms and services. Please contact us today for more information on the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary and it's breathtaking scenery for your next film or video production.

Susan Watt, Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, 605.745.7494, iram@gwtc.net

Karla LaRive, Studio West Management, www.studiowestmanagement.com

karla@studiowestmanagement.com

Some of the productions shot on-location at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary include:

• 20/20 "IRAM: Preserving a National Treasure"

• Peoples Magazine 20th Anniversary "Amazing Americans"

• ABC "New Passages"

• Discovery Channel "Wild Things with Margaux Hemmingway"

• PBS "Wild Horses: an American Romance"

• Walt Disney "Hidalgo"

Based on a true story and starring Viggo Mortensen (THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy), Frank Hopkins (Mortensen) and his mustang Hidalgo enter the ultimate extreme sport of its time -- the Ocean Of Fire. Underdogs challenging the finest Arabian horses and riders, they must not only survive the grueling race across 3,000 miles of the Arabian Desert’s punishing terrain, but they must thwart the evil plots of competitors who vow victory at all costs! Partially filmed on-location at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, South Dakota USA in 2002. Buy this DVD

• Turner Network Television "Crazy Horse"

• Paramount Pictures "Into The Wild"

• History Channel "Comanche Warrior","Who Killed Crazy Horse"

• Outdoor Channel "Cowboys / Wild Mustangs" 

• "Discovering America"

• Adrienne Kitchens / PBS "One Man's Vision"

• Travel Channel "Into the West with Jeff Corwin"

• NHK for Japan Public Broadcasting

• National Geographic / Gruppe Five Productions "America Before Columbus"
National Geographic embarks on an expedition into the mysterious world of ancient American history to shed a different light on the history of the Americas. History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn't exactly a "New World," but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways. Buy this DVD

• IRAM "Free To Run, An Afternoon at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary" Buy this DVD

• IRAM "Imagine A Place, Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary Sponsor Mustangs" Buy this DVD