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An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Castaing-Taylor, Lucien (Director), Barbash, Ilisa, 1959- (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, 2009.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Sheep ranchers > Montana.
Sheepherding > Montana > 21st century.
Rangelands > Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)
Rangelands > Beartooth Mountains (Mont. and Wyo.)
Éleveurs de moutons > Montana.
Moutons > Conduite du troupeau > Montana > 21e siècle.
Pâturages > Absaroka, Monts (Mont. et Wyom.)
Pâturages > Beartooth, Monts (Mont. et Wyom.)
Rangelands
Sheep ranchers
Sheepherding
Montana
United States > Absaroka Range
United States > Beartooth Mountains
2000-2099
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 16, 2020).
Originally produced in 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource (103 minutes)
Playing Time:01:42:53