Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925·71 min·US
Documentary
A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better pastures.
A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better pastures.
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life - The Criterion Channel — The Criterion Collection
Critical essay on Cooper and Schoedsack's documentary capturing an epic tribal journey.
Film essay for Grass (1925) — Library of Congress
NFPB essay on the pioneering ethnographic documentary of the Bakhtiari tribe's migration.
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