Sweetgrass (2009)
Sweetgrass (2009)
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.

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John Ahern John Ahern As: Self
Elaine Allestad Elaine Allestad As: Self
Lawrence Allestad Lawrence Allestad As: Self
Pat Connolly Pat Connolly As: Self
Billy Allestad Billy Allestad As: Self
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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.


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Certification: 14A

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 18 November 2009

Country: US

Runtime: 101m

Company Credits

Company: SEL, Grasshopper Film

Revenue: $206,728

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Ernst Karel

Ernst Karel

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Kevin J. Colver

Kevin J. Colver

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Ernst Karel

Ernst Karel

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Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Lucien Castaing-Taylor

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Other Crew

Jasper Barbash-Taylor

Jasper Barbash-Taylor

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Rebecca Baron

Rebecca Baron

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Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

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Patrick Lindenmaier

Patrick Lindenmaier

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Patti Bruck

Patti Bruck

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Willem De Rijke

Willem De Rijke

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Norman Bryson

Norman Bryson

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Hannah Barbash-Taylor

Hannah Barbash-Taylor

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Bill Heaney

Bill Heaney

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David MacDougall

David MacDougall

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Rebecca Chetham

Rebecca Chetham

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Bill Heaney

Bill Heaney

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Clayton Mattos

Clayton Mattos

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Helen Molesworth

Helen Molesworth

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Marco Biagioli

Marco Biagioli

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Steve Caton

Steve Caton

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Claire Denis

Claire Denis

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Jean-Michel Frodon

Jean-Michel Frodon

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Alex Slade

Alex Slade

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Matt Coolidge

Matt Coolidge

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Alfred Guzzetti

Alfred Guzzetti

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Peter Hutton

Peter Hutton

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Julie Mallozzi

Julie Mallozzi

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Jeroen De Rooij

Jeroen De Rooij

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Douglas Heaney

Douglas Heaney

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Diana Allan

Diana Allan

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Stuart Cody

Stuart Cody

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Doug Goodwin

Doug Goodwin

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Bruce Holsinger

Bruce Holsinger

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Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

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Linda Norden

Linda Norden

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Amie Siegel

Amie Siegel

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Lyda Kuth

Lyda Kuth

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Kriss Ravetto

Kriss Ravetto

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Vivian Heaney

Vivian Heaney

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Sharon Lockhart

Sharon Lockhart

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Stephen Prina

Stephen Prina

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Jan Schuette

Jan Schuette

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Jeff Silva

Jeff Silva

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Anna Brickhouse

Anna Brickhouse

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Henri Herré

Henri Herré

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Steve Livernash

Steve Livernash

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Michael Herzfeld

Michael Herzfeld

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Carol Lamberg

Carol Lamberg

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Helen Mirra

Helen Mirra

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Diana Sorensen

Diana Sorensen

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Ernst Karel

Ernst Karel

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Dan Dugan

Dan Dugan

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Josel Fernandes

Josel Fernandes

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Andrea Flores

Andrea Flores

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Marjorie Garber

Marjorie Garber

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Dennis McGilvray

Dennis McGilvray

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Castle McLaughlin

Castle McLaughlin

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Melody Kennel

Melody Kennel

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Lodge Kerrigan

Lodge Kerrigan

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Dan Lopez

Dan Lopez

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Ron Pederson

Ron Pederson

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Phil Solomon

Phil Solomon

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William Fash

William Fash

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Tom Barbash

Tom Barbash

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Patricia Limerick

Patricia Limerick

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David Pendleton

David Pendleton

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Jana Ševčíková

Jana Ševčíková

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Julian Taylor

Julian Taylor

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Rubie Watson

Rubie Watson

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Robb Moss

Robb Moss

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David Rodowick

David Rodowick

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Lisa Goodrich

Lisa Goodrich

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Christie Kithil

Christie Kithil

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Arthur Kleinman

Arthur Kleinman

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John Koczera

John Koczera

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Rosalind Nashashibi

Rosalind Nashashibi

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Simon Pummell

Simon Pummell

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Paul Shankman

Paul Shankman

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J.P. Sniadecki

J.P. Sniadecki

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Mary Steedly

Mary Steedly

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Stacey Steers

Stacey Steers

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Véréna Paravel

Véréna Paravel

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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Ruth Lingford

Ruth Lingford

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Karen Strassler

Karen Strassler

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Charles Warren

Charles Warren

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