Shot in Porcupine, South Dakota over a period of 24 years, THE LAST COWBOY collapses a remarkable slice of American history into a
single film.
Every week in the United States, 250 farms and ranches go out of business. Over 312,000 have become insolvent since THE LAST COWBOY began shooting. One of the last holdouts is Vern Sager, one of a dying breed , a real American cowboy.
The Sagers own a ranch on the Pine Ridge Indian Reserve in the middle of the poorest county in America. Unemployment runs to 80%. In recent years, the "big city" of Gordon, Nebraska (population 2,175) has drawn most of Porcupine's youth away from the ranch life with the promise of jobs, mini-marts, and paved sidewalks. 20 years ago, 90% of the Sager clan earned their living off the land. Today, only 5% are still at it. Last of all will be Vern.
THE LAST COWBOY documents the Sager family's battle to maintain their dawn-to-dark cowboy way of life. Capturing the inner landscape of the last cowboy's character, courage, and stubbornness and the outer landscape of his South Dakota home, THE LAST COWBOY is a testament to the debt Americans owe to the land they live in and those who still steward it.
The Last Cowboy
- Now on DVD!
Order your copy today!
$19.95 plus S & H
Every week in the United States, 250 farms and ranches go out of business. Over 312,000 have become insolvent since THE LAST COWBOY began shooting. One of the last holdouts is Vern Sager, one of a dying breed , a real American cowboy.
The Sagers own a ranch on the Pine Ridge Indian Reserve in the middle of the poorest county in America. Unemployment runs to 80%. In recent years, the "big city" of Gordon, Nebraska (population 2,175) has drawn most of Porcupine's youth away from the ranch life with the promise of jobs, mini-marts, and paved sidewalks. 20 years ago, 90% of the Sager clan earned their living off the land. Today, only 5% are still at it. Last of all will be Vern.
THE LAST COWBOY documents the Sager family's battle to maintain their dawn-to-dark cowboy way of life. Capturing the inner landscape of the last cowboy's character, courage, and stubbornness and the outer landscape of his South Dakota home, THE LAST COWBOY is a testament to the debt Americans owe to the land they live in and those who still steward it.
The Last Cowboy
- Now on DVD!
Order your copy today!
$19.95 plus S & H