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Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait
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Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait

Oct 25, 2019
1h 30m
★ 6.0

Overview

Told in the cinematic tradition of classic westerns, “COWBOYS - A Documentary Portrait” is a feature-length film that gives viewers the opportunity to ride alongside modern working cowboys on some of America's largest and most remote cattle ranches. The movie documents the lives of the men and women working on these "big outfit" ranches - some of which are over one million acres - and still require full crews of horseback mounted workers to tend large herds of cattle. Narrated through first-hand accounts from the cowboys themselves, the story is steeped in authenticity and explores the rewards and hardships of a celebrated but misunderstood way of life, including the challenges that lie ahead for the cowboys critical to providing the world's supply of beef. “COWBOYS” was filmed on eight of the nation’s largest cattle ranches across ten states in the American West.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

1922 Films
Ultralite Films

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Cast

Ira Wines

Ira Wines

Rick Walt

Rick Walt

Marcia Walt

Marcia Walt

Tom Moorhouse

Tom Moorhouse

Greg Snow

Greg Snow

Jolyn Young

Jolyn Young

Gary Morton

Gary Morton

Boots O'Neal

Boots O'Neal

Jim Brooks

Jim Brooks

Jeff Billberry

Jeff Billberry