Grass
Summary:
This pioneering documentary, directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack in cooperation with journalist Marguerite Harrison, records the travels of Bakhtiari Tribe of Persia (now known as Iran). A poor people, the Bakhtiaris must move on to fresh grazing land every six months, otherwise the nearly one million animals on which the 50,000 Bakhtiaris depend upon for survi... Full Summary >>
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Inspired by Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (though its creators had only heard of that film when they set out to make their own), Grass is the first documentary epic, shot under conditions that would daunt even a contemporary crew. Filmmakers Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison persuaded the Bakh... Continue >>
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