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Grass: A Nation Battle For Life

Merian Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
1925 United States 73 minutes no words
© Société française d'anthropologie visuelle

This documentary follows the journey of the Bakhtiari, a poor nomadic tribe in Iran, as they herd their livestock up snow-covered mountain passes–barefoot–to get to the grazing lands on the other side of the mountains before their animals die from hunger.

Distribution :
Société Française d'Anthropologie Visuelle SFAV
Editing :
Richard Carver; Terry Ramsaye
Photography :
Marguerite Harrison; Ernest B. Schoedsack; Merian Cooper

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