Grass (1925)
- Original title
- Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
- Directed by
- Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows a Persian tribe and their livestock on their annual migration to find fresh grazing land. It documents the harsh physical challenges they face crossing rivers and mountains.
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What happens
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a 1925 documentary film that follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Lurs in Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures. It is considered one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films. In 1997, Grass was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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