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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

1925, Documentary, 1h 10m

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This moving documentary by Merian C. Cooper follows the journey of the Bakhtiari, an impoverished nomadic tribe in Iran, in their never-ending search for fresh grass for their herds. The tribe must traverse snow-capped mountain passes and hazardous terrain. All the while the question looms over them: Will they get their herds to the grazing fields before the animals die of starvation? This film is considered one of the earliest ethnographic documentaries.
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    Documentary
  • Director:
    Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Merian C. Cooper
Merian C. Cooper
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Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Audience Reviews for Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

  • Jun 09, 2008
    A good doc. from the silent days. It's about 2 filmakers and a female journalist going on a 4 month excursion with a tribe of 50k people through Persia looking for grasslands.Really amazing footage of deserts, mountains, and rivers. The river crossing scene is breathtaking and timeless.
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