As cowboys meet at the national Cowboy Gathering, they confront myths, old and new, to try to save the land they love.
“Maybe you should let your babies grow up to be cowboys. It’s the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, going strong since 1985, where cowboys and cowgirls of all ages wax philosophical in song and verse about a world that’s slowly
disappearing and what lies ahead.” (M.G., CIFF)
The image of heroic American cowboys riding through wide-open country dominates movies to this day. In Cowboy Poets, we learn about a lesser-known passion of cowboys and cowgirls. Poets, songwriters, and musicians come together at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada. The film accompanies them as they record their unique way of life in poems and songs and consider their place is in today’s world. It shows their rough and ready everyday life as well as their creative work and combines this with breath-taking nature shots to create a piece of nostalgic “Americana”.
Dir: Mike Day
2022
UK/USA,
Language: English
