Documentarian Emelie Mahdavian zeroes in on the friendship and professional partnership between two young women who work as range riders, herding cattle across vast stretches of the American West. By ...

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Filmmaker Emelie Mahdavian met Hollyn Patterson at a neighbor’s dinner party a few years ago, discovering that the cheery charismatic dinner guest was a range rider. It didn’t immediately occur to her ...

Though this quiet documentary about two young range riders recalls a western or two, it presents a modern-day portrait of hard work and friendship. By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ticket for an ...

In the nonfiction "Bitterbrush," two women on the range turn "cowboy" into a verb. Emelie Mahdavian didn’t set out to subvert the tropes of the campfire western. The documentary filmmaker (Sundance ...

Director Emelie Mahdavian says that when she began the film, which follows a pair of female ranch riders who herd cattle in Idaho for a summer, "I didn't really worry about whether it was a feature or ...

"A subtle portrayal of non-sensational humanity." Magnolia Pics has revealed a stunning official trailer for Bitterbrush, an acclaimed documentary film about women cowboys working on the Idaho ...

Don’t go into the immersive, observational documentary “Bitterbrush” looking for profound insights or roiling conflict but rather a captivating and meditative look at two intrepid young women ...

Like a rock skimmed across the water’s surface until it slows and quickly sinks, Bitterbrush only portrays the obvious of what’s involved in being a cowpoke responsible for rounding up a herd of cows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most talked-about movies at last year’s Telluride Film Festival is finally saddling up with a distributor. Magnolia ...