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Sweetgrass
Documentary, Western - 2009
Sweetgrass
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6.9
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An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.
Director:
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Lucien Castaing-Taylor

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Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
4 Feb 2009
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$206,728
Awards:
1 win & 10 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It may not be your thing, but Sweetgrass is unlike anything you'll see in a theater this year. It bravely strays from the flock.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Apr 2010
fresh:
It's a gorgeous and, believe it or not, riveting documentary...about sheep.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
21 May 2010
fresh:
Instead of rounding up information, this documentary about an arduous sheep drive across Montana is driven by the beauty of the landscape.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
17 Jun 2010
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There are audience rewards for sticking with the herd and its lonesome cowboys.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
16 Jul 2010
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If there's anything we can learn from the creatures here, it's that any day in which you don't get stripped of your coat or eaten by a bear is probably a good one.
– Jason Anderson,
Toronto Star,
22 Jul 2010
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