Sweetgrass - Trailer
Preview: Season 24 Episode 3 | 2m 37s
Modern-day cowboys in the American West
SWEETGRASS presents a riveting and poetic portrait of the American West just as one of its traditional ways of life dies out. Shot amidst the grandeur of Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, the film follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into the breathtaking and often dangerous mountains for summer pasture.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Sweetgrass - Trailer
Preview: Season 24 Episode 3 | 2m 37s
SWEETGRASS presents a riveting and poetic portrait of the American West just as one of its traditional ways of life dies out. Shot amidst the grandeur of Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, the film follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into the breathtaking and often dangerous mountains for summer pasture.
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Clip: S24 Ep3 | 15m 2s | The filmmakers of "Sweetgrass" discuss the inspiration and aesthetics behind the film. (15m 2s)
Clip: S24 Ep3 | 1m 21s | Young bucks are castrated and docked in preparation for the coming summer. (1m 21s)
Clip: S24 Ep3 | 1m 18s | A farmer tries to convince a ewe to accept an orphan lamb as her own. (1m 18s)
Finding Mothers for Orphan Lambs
Clip: S24 Ep3 | 4m 50s | Orphan and newborn lambs are coupled to mothers. (4m 50s)
Clip: S24 Ep3 | 1m 30s | Sheep are sheared in spring in preparation for the coming summer. (1m 30s)
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