Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a 1925 American silent documentary directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, following the Bakhtiari people of Persia on their seasonal migration across mountains and a wide river in search of grazing land for their herds. Shot without actors or staged scenes, largely on location amid the migration itself, the film was praised on release for its scale and its unusually direct ethnographic record of a nomadic pastoral culture. Cooper and Schoedsack went on to direct the fictional adventure film King Kong less than a decade later, and Grass is regarded by film historians as an important early example of feature length ethnographic documentary.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, originated there.
- Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
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1. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (Wikipedia)
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a 1925 documentary film that follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Lurs in Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures.
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life, Description, original language
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a 1925 American silent documentary directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, following the Bakhtiari people of Persia on their seasonal migration across mountains and a wide river in search of grazing land for their herds.
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