| Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life | |
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| Directed by | Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Written by | Terry Ramsaye |
| Produced by | Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Starring | Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack Marguerite Harrison Haidar Khan |
| Edited by | Terry Ramsaye Richard P. Carver |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film Intertitles |
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a 1925 documentary film[1] 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.[2] 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."[3][4]
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (April 30, 1927). "Chang A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)". The New York Times.
- ^ "Part 1: Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life & 124 CosmoLearning Anthropology". cosmolearning.org. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "New to the National Film Registry (December 1997) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin". www.loc.gov. Retrieved June 23, 2020.