Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait

In the vein of classic Western cinema, “COWBOYS - A Documentary Portrait” unfolds as a feature-length immersion that lets audiences ride beside contemporary working cowboys on some of America’s largest and most remote cattle ranches. The film chronicles the lives of the men and women who toil on these expansive outfits—some surpassing a million acres—and still rely on full crews of horseback-mounted workers to manage vast herds. Narrated by the cowboys themselves, the tale aims for unvarnished authenticity, examining the rewards and hardships of a revered yet misunderstood way of life, and the looming challenges facing those who are essential to supplying the world with beef. COWBOYS was shot on eight of the nation’s largest cattle ranches spanning ten states across the American West.