“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 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
“Cowboys” rides alongside working cowboys on some of America's biggest ranches. Through first-hand accounts, the story explores the rewards and hardships of a celebrated but misunderstood way of life.
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About
Born in Texas, Bud Force is a documentary/commercial filmmaker and photographer who specializes primarily in agriculture, outdoor lifestyle, and travel assignments. He is the co-director/ cinematographer of the feature film Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait, and founder/partner at the production companies Ultralite Films and 1922 Films. When not filmmaking, he spends his time with his family, traveling, and working on cattle ranches. Still fond of wanderlust, Bud lives with his wife and daughter in the Texas hill country.
John Langmore is an Austin, Texas, based photographer and co-director/producer of the award-winning feature length documentary film Cowboys: a Documentary Portrait. He is pursuing long-term personal projects. His first book, Open Range: America's Big-Outfit Cowboy, is the result of more than six years photographing on fourteen of the country's largest ranches. John's second book, Fault Lines: Portraits of East Austin, documents the rapidly disappearing communities of old East Austin.
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“Cowboys” rides alongside working cowboys on some of America's biggest ranches that require full crews of horseback workers to tend cattle. Narrated through first-hand accounts from the cowboys themselves, the story explores the rewards and hardships of a celebrated but misunderstood way of life.
80 min
