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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925 · Film · documentary · 71 min
Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
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.
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In an episode of the The Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski narrates the seasonal migration (transhumance) of the Bakhtiari tribe of SW Iran. When they get to the raging river, an old man can't make it, so is left on the bank to die.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ztord river crossing at 14-17 mins
This is the same epic migration recorded in the classic Grass
1925 ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILM " GRASS " MIGRATION OF BAKHTIARI TRIBE OF PERSIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fVftguHwFc
And the tribe moves on .....