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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)

1h 11m

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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)

Name: Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1925-03-30

1h 11m

Running Time

March 30, 1925
Release Date

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Plot.

A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better pastures.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Free

Currently Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Kanopy

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

Cast & Crew.

Merian C. Cooper

Self (as Merian Cooper) / Director / Producer / Camera Operator

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Self / Director / Producer / Camera Operator

Marguerite Harrison

Self - a Journalist / Camera Operator

Haidar Khan

Self - Chief of the Bakhtyari Tribe

Lufta

Self - Haidar Khan's son

Terry Ramsaye

Editor

Hugo Riesenfeld

Music Arranger

Jesse L. Lasky

Presenter

Adolph Zukor

Presenter

Richard Carver

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 30, 1925

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 11m

This Movie Is About.

migration

mountain pass

Wiki.

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a 1925 documentary film that follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Lurs in Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures. It is considered one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films. In 1997, Grass was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."