Sweetgrass

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Husband and wife filmmakers/anthropologists Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash describe spending three summers high in the Rockies living among sheep herders. Their documentary "Sweetgrass" captures the journey of modern cowboys as they wrangle thousands of sheep across Montana’s Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains.

The film opens at Film Forum January 6.

Events: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash will be holding Q&As
Friday, January 8, and Saturday, January 9, at the 7:50 pm shows
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street

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