A Connection

Two inspirational, powerful, and spiritually-moving documentary feature films chronicling the world’s most heartwarming stories from the rapidly growing field of animal-assisted therapy and intervention.

The goal of our team to raise awareness about the incredible potential of the bond between humans and animals.

Connection in Crisis

Born in the aftermath of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, this remarkable team of psychological first aid trauma dogs, the K9 First Responsers, are called upon after America’s worst tragedies. Led by Brad Cole and his encaptivating 150 pound dog Spartacus, the story culminates in a journey to Las Vegas to help firefighters and paramedics struggling to cope with the horrors they witnessed after the shooting outside the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

A Connection

This film intimately follows three inspiring storylines where animals have played a life-changing role in the healing process and personal growth of individuals affected by a variety of challenges, some of which include addiction, physical handicaps, and PTSD.  It allows the viewer to go behind curtain and access life-changing moments.

Stories that will change the way you see the world

The story lines in the film include:

• A young non verbal boy named Ryan and this therapy dog Jasmine helping students overcome illiteracy.
• A former Olympian left disabled by a spinal tumor forms a special bond with a therapy horse to gain strength and confidence needed to pursue a new career in modeling.
• The journey of an inspiring young man named Bobby, who went from hopeless heroin addict to running and entire Animal Therapy facility in under 3 years.

Together these stories give a never seen before overview of the ways animal therapy is changing lives.

We firmly believe that A Connection is a crucially important story that will change the viewer’s understanding of our connection with animals.  This film has the potential to positively impact millions of people and families affected by conditions that would benefit from Animal Assisted Therapy and Intervention.

On a human level, the stories and narratives in this film will inspire you to believe that we can heal and even thrive in the face of the most difficult obstacles imaginable; if we are open to connection.

To fund this important film, we’ve decided to use Kickstarter, a crowd-funding resource which allows us to give back to the people and non-profit organizations who want to see our vision become a reality.

This is an unconventional story. This cinematic journey seeks to educate and inspire during a time in which it’s not uncommon to see only violent and sexually exploitative films receive access to traditional financing. We refuse to be discouraged by the statistics. We passionately believe in the positive and transformative power of film and we have a world-class team of seasoned and passionate filmmakers to help us tell this incredibly important story.

Millions of people are affected by circumstances where the human-animal connection could and very likely would help and, yet, they remain uninformed of its potential and its proven efficacy. Thousands of organizations remain under-funded and under-utilized for the simple reason that the general public is unaware they even exist.  Our mission is to change this!

With Kickstarter, you can also contribute to and become part of our mission.  Join our team and, together, we can tell the whole world about the power and beauty of the human-animal connection. With your help, we truly can make the world a better place.

But that’s not all! It gets even better. We have been fortunate enough to find a supporter and firm believer in the healing power of AAT who has promised to match 25% of our Kickstarter proceeds with donations to the incredible organizations that we feature in our film!  Your contributions to this documentary will also directly benefit the amazing animals and organizations that we feature through this backer.

We want you to feel as intimately connected to this mission as we are and we promise to keep you informed every step of the way. Please stay tuned for backer information as well as pledge rewards.

Stay tuned for backer information, as well as pledge rewards.