Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925 · 1h 11m · PASSED
Documentary
Directed by
Merian C. Cooper
,
Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Overview
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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