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“Burned, beaten, abandoned, donkeys look back at us humans with indifference, and bray.” Filmed over 5 years, DO DONKEY’S ACT? subtly subverts the notion of the “dumb beast” as it captures donkeys communicating emotionally with each other in the midst of healing from human cruelty and neglect. A poetic text threads through scenes “acted” by donkeys, a rhythmic script commentary voiced by Willem Dafoe.