Overview

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.

Cast

John Ahern, Elaine Allestad, Lawrence Allestad, Pat Connolly, Billy Allestad, John Jankens, Jackie McKenney, Mark Miller

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What is "Sweetgrass" about?

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.

When was "Sweetgrass" released?

Sweetgrass was released in 2009.

Who stars in "Sweetgrass"?

The cast includes John Ahern, Elaine Allestad, Lawrence Allestad, Pat Connolly.