Bud Force: co-founder and partner of 1922 films
production company for the feature film, “Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait,” in association with Ultralite Films. www.thecowboymovie.com
Told in the cinematic tradition of classic westerns, this feature-length documentary (Premiered October 2019) offers the opportunity to ride alongside modern working cowboys on some of America's largest and most remote cattle ranches. COWBOYS documents the lives of the men and women working on "big outfit" cattle ranches - some of which are over one million acres - and still require a crew of horseback 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 and the challenges that lie ahead for the cowboys and ranches critical to providing the world's supply of beef.
Filmed on locations across the American West, COWBOYS features historic ranches in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada.
An award-winning filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, Bud Force is a former bull rider who has been involved in agriculture most of his life. After graduating from Texas A&M University, he has spent the past decade directing and producing documentary and commercial films.
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