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Grass

Name: Grass
Director: Merian C. Cooper
Released: 1925-01-01

1925 film by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

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Also known as Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Released: 1925
Director: Merian C. Cooper
, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Screenwriter: Terry Ramsaye
Producer: Merian C. Cooper
, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Merian C. Cooper
, Ernest B. Schoedsack
, Marguerite Harrison
, Haidar Khan
Runtime: 71 min
Genre: documentary film
, silent film
Country of origin: United States

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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."

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Title: Grass
Director of photography: Merian C. Cooper
Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3
Color: black-and-white
Narrative location: Iran
Distribution format: video on demand
Part of: National Film Registry(since 1997)
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1.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/Retrieved 2022-10-25
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