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Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women

Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women

Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women

The cowgirls in this documentary are contemporary women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The…

Cowhand‘s Song

Cowhand‘s Song

Cowhand‘s Song

This evocative documentary examines the plight of the ranchers of Nevada and California, who find their grazing areas increasingly threatened by many groups (even…

Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker

Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker

Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker

Henry Elijah "Lige" Langston was born in 1908 in the Great Basin outback on a homestead. He worked his entire life as a wrangler and rawhide braider in the region known as the…

Why The Cowboy Sings

Why The Cowboy Sings

Why The Cowboy Sings

The cowboy's job has always been dangerous, lonely, dusty, gory and low-paying. So why do cowboys make music, and why do they need to tell their story? Why the Cowboy Sings is a…

Highly Exalted

The Highly Exalted documents the life of working cowboys on the last horsedrawn chuckwagon in modern America. Shot against the spectacular backdrop of northern Nevada, nine…

Ranch Album

1987 | 1h 4mins

1987 | 1h 4mins

Ranch Album celebrates rough country ranching in Northern Arizona and shows real cowboy life.

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