Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is an American animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures in the spring of 2002. In the 19th-century American West, a young Kiger Mustang colt, Spirit, is born to a herd of horses led by his mother. Spirit soon grows into a stallion, and assumes the role of leader of the herd, whose duty it is to keep the herd safe. Spirit is a courageous leader, but has great curiosity. Spotting a strange light one night not far from his h