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

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)

Trailer

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