Pony Boys
Growing Up • 22m
Directed by Eric Stange • Documentary • 2022 • 22 minutes
Summer, 1967. Two Massachusetts boys – 9 and 11 — are desperate to visit Expo ’67 in Montreal — the largest World’s Fair ever. But their parents can’t take them. Then Mom comes up with the solution: hitch their pet Shetland pony King to a cart and drive 350 miles to Expo 67 — on their own — at 5 m.p.h.! For Tony and Jeff Whittemore, it becomes the adventure of a lifetime.
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