Sweetgrass (2009)

Directed by

Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Shepherds lead sheep through the mountains of Montana for summer grazing. The film shows the work and landscape without narration or interviews.

observationalmeditativequietatmosphericslow-pacednaturalisticcontemplativenon-judgmental

What happens

Sweetgrass is a 2009 documentary film that follows modern-day shepherds as they lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. It was directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, a Harvard anthropologist, and produced by his wife Ilisa Barbash. The title derives from Sweet Grass County, one of several in which the film was shot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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