Sweetgrass


1h 41m 2009

Brief Synopsis

An unsentimental elegy to the American West that follows a group of modern-day cowboys as they lead their enormous flock of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often-dangerous Beartooth Mountains for summer pasture. This beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture,

Film Details

Also Known As
Open: BeComing Animal, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2009
Distribution Company
Cinema Guild, Inc.; Cinema Guild, Inc.; Cinema Guild, Inc.; Dogwoof Pictures; Mandragora
Location
Montana, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Synopsis

An unsentimental elegy to the American West that follows a group of modern-day cowboys as they lead their enormous flock of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often-dangerous Beartooth Mountains for summer pasture. This beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, climate and landscape, and vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.

Film Details

Also Known As
Open: BeComing Animal, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2009
Distribution Company
Cinema Guild, Inc.; Cinema Guild, Inc.; Cinema Guild, Inc.; Dogwoof Pictures; Mandragora
Location
Montana, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2009

Released in United States March 26, 2010

Released in United States on Video Summer August 3, 2010

Released in United States Winter January 6, 2010

Released in United States 2009 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Documentaries) October 30-November 7, 2009.)

Released in United States 2009 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 25-October 11, 2009.)

Released in United States Winter January 6, 2010 (NY)

Released in United States March 26, 2010 (Los Angeles)

Shown at New York Film Festival September 25-October 11, 2009.

Released in United States on Video Summer August 3, 2010