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'Workhorse' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Cliff Caines and released in 2019.Leslie Felperin, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/06/workhorse-review "Workhorse review beautiful but plodding paean to beasts of burden"]. 'The Guardian', April 6, 2021. A meditation on the relationship between humans and animals, the film profiles a logger and a farmer who still to this day use old-fashioned workhorses rather than contemporary mechanical equipment in their jobs, as well as a family who raise and train horses to participate in workhorse competitions at agricultural fairs.Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/workhorse-an-equine-elegy "Workhorse an Equine Elegy"]. 'Point of View', May 7, 2020.

The film premiered on November 17, 2019 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.Kelsey Rolfe, [https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2019/11/05/concordians-bring-their-films-to-the-2019-montreal-international-documentary-festival.html "Concordians bring their films to the 2019 Montreal International Documentary Festival"]. Concordia University, November 5, 2019.

Ryan Randall won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021,Naman Ramachandran, [https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ "Schitts Creek, Blood Quantum Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"]. 'Variety', May 21, 2021. and was a nominee for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers' Robert Brooks Award for Documentary Cinematography.

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