Sweetgrass
2009
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Synopsis
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, revealing a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.
Sweetgrass (2009) is a 1h 41min documentary feature film by Lucien Castaing-Taylor. An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of s...
Key facts
Cast
John Ahern, Elaine Allestad, Lawrence Allestad, Pat Connolly, Billy Allestad, John Jankens, Jackie McKenney, Mark Miller
Original language
English
First release
November 18, 2009 (France)
Crew
Producer
Ilisa Barbash
Cinematography
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Editing
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Trailer
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Festival History
- Independent Spirit Awards 2011 generic - Best Documentary; Truer than Fiction
- Indiewire Critics' Poll 2010 generic
- Village Voice Film Poll 2010 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 2009 generic
Titles
| Original title | Sweetgrass | English |
| Alternate title | The Open : Becoming Animal |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | France | November 18, 2009 |
| Theatrical | United States | January 13, 2010 |
| Theatrical | Canada | June 18, 2010 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | April 22, 2011 |
| Theatrical | France | December 14, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Japan | June 13, 2015 |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Full credits
| Director | Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor |
| Cast | John Ahern (Self), Elaine Allestad (Self), Lawrence Allestad (Self), Pat Connolly (Self), Billy Allestad (Self), John Jankens (Self), Jackie McKenney (Self), Mark Miller (Self), John Sweet (Self) |
| Producer | Ilisa Barbash |
| Cinematography | Lucien Castaing-Taylor |
| Editing | Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
